Microwave-assisted fabrication of carbon nanotubes decorated polymeric nano-medical platforms for simultaneous drug delivery and magnetic resonance imaging†
Abstract
A facile microwave method to enable biopolymer particles to get functionalized by iron–enriched carbon nanotubes (CNT–Fe), serving as drug carriers and MRI agents. For example, multifunctional CNT–Fe coated poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) (CNT–Fe–PLGA) particles (CFPP) are comprised of a PLGA core to carry cancer drugs, and CNT–Fe coating to provide a magnetic resonance (MR) signal. The process also gives the particles a unique brush-like, nanostructured surface morphology to enable a variety of biological and chemical activities.