Applications and Nanotoxicity of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene in Biomedicine

Figure 2

(a) Transmission electron microscopy image of ferritin-functionalized MWNT (reproduced with permission from [34]); (b) CNT-FET device for biosensing using antibody receptors (reproduced with permission from [22]); (c) Electrochemical sensor for glucose consisting of an Au electrode bonded to a CNT-GO_𝑥 which detects redox reactions between FAD and glucose (reproduced with permission from [51]); (d) “basket-like” periodic MWNT lattices into which mice fibroblast is to be implanted (reproduced with permission from [52]); (e) alginate-polylysinealginate microcapsule destruction by the photoacoustic effect by folate acid—functionalized SWNTs inside the cells (reproduced with permission from [53]); (f) loading and unloading of molecules inside CNTs for drug delivery; drugs are released when a CNT is uncapped within the cytoplasm of the cell (reproduced with permission from [54]).