Issue 32, 2017
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Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Fullerenes in biology and medicine

Edison Castro, ORCID logo a   Andrea Hernandez Garcia,a   Gerardo Zavalaa  and  Luis Echegoyen ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX, USA
E-mail: echegoyen@utep.edu

Abstract

Fullerenes and related carbon based derivatives have shown a growing relevance in biology and medicine, mainly due to the unique electronic and structural properties that make them excellent candidates for multiple functionalization. This review focuses on the most recent developments of fullerene derivatives for different biological applications.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TB00855D
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
28 Mar 2017
Accepted
06 Jul 2017
First published
08 Jul 2017

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017,5, 6523-6535

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Fullerenes in biology and medicine

E. Castro, A. H. Garcia, G. Zavala and L. Echegoyen, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2017, 5, 6523 DOI: 10.1039/C7TB00855D

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