Promises, facts and challenges for carbon nanotubes in imaging and therapeutics

Helical microtubules of graphitic carbon

Sumio Iijima · Nature · 1991 · 42.8K citations

Natural Sciences, Biochemistry, Biophysics +5

Single-shell carbon nanotubes of 1-nm diameter

Sumio Iijima, Toshinari Ichihashi · Nature · 1993 · 8.9K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +9

DNA-assisted dispersion and separation of carbon nanotubes

Ming Zheng, Anand Jagota, E. D. Semke et al. · Nature Materials · 2003 · 2.7K citations

Natural Sciences, Biotechnology, Materials Science +14

Carbon nanotubes introduced into the abdominal cavity of mice show asbestos-like pathogenicity in a pilot study

Craig A. Poland, Rodger Duffin, Ian A. Kinloch et al. · Nature Nanotechnology · 2008 · 2.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Pathobiology, Toxicology +14

Carbon nanotubes in biology and medicine: In vitro and in vivo detection, imaging and drug delivery

Zhuang Liu, Scott M. Tabakman, Kevin Welsher et al. · Nano Research · 2009 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering +16