Boron nitride nanotubes : a novel vector for targeted magnetic drug delivery Ciofani, Gianni, Raffa, Vittoria, Yu, Jun, Chen, Ying, Obata, Yosuke, Takeoka, Shinji, Menciassi, Arianna and Cuschieri, Alfred 2009, Boron nitride nanotubes : a novel vector for targeted magnetic drug delivery, Current nanoscience, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 33-38. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Boron nitride nanotubes : a novel vector for targeted magnetic drug delivery Author(s) Ciofani, Gianni Raffa, Vittoria Yu, Jun Chen, Ying orcid.org/0000-0002-7322-2224 Obata, Yosuke Takeoka, Shinji Menciassi, Arianna Cuschieri, Alfred Journal name Current nanoscience Volume number 5 Issue number 1 Start page 33 End page 38 Total pages 6 Publisher Bentham Science Publishers Place of publication Bussum, Netherlands Publication date 2009-02 ISSN 1573-4137 1875-6786 Keyword(s) Boron nitride nanotubes, magnetism targeted drug delivery modelling of uptake kinetics Summary Whereas several biomedical applications of carbon nanotubes have been proposed, the use of boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) in this field has been largely unexplored despite their unique and potentially useful properties. Our group has recently initiated an experimental program aimed at the exploration of the interactions between BNNTs and living cells. In the present paper, we report on the magnetic properties of BNNTs containing Fe catalysts which confirm the feasibility for their use as nanovectors for targeted drug delivery. The magnetisation curves of BNNTs characterised by the present study are typical of superparamagnetic materials with important parameters, including magnetic permeability and magnetic momentum, derived by employing Langevin theory. In-vitro tests have demonstrated the feasibility for influencing the uptake of BNNTs by living cells by exposure to an external magnetic source. A finite element method analysis devised to predict this effect produced predictive data with close agreement with the experimental observations. Language eng Field of Research 100703 Nanobiotechnology Socio Economic Objective 970110 Expanding Knowledge in Technology HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, Bentham Science Publisher Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30029245 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Institute for Technology Research and Innovation GTP Research Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 11 Jun 2010, 12:06:28 EST Fri, 11 Jun 2010, 12:13:07 EST Fri, 11 Jun 2010, 12:15:18 EST Fri, 11 Jun 2010, 12:23:37 EST Mon, 14 Jun 2010, 08:29:26 EST Mon, 14 Jun 2010, 10:21:31 EST Mon, 14 Jun 2010, 10:23:29 EST Mon, 14 Jun 2010, 10:25:10 EST Mon, 21 Jun 2010, 09:27:42 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 16:39:59 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 76 times in TR Web of Science Cited 82 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1053 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 11 Jun 2010, 12:06:24 EST by Sophia Akagawa