Abstract

CARBON NANOTUBE: A BOON OF NANOTECHNOLOGY

Niharika Lal*

ABSTRACT

Carbonanotube a major investigation in nanotechnology seves a gift also to medical field. Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are considered ideal materials for several applications ranging from ultrastrong fibers to field emission displays . Recently, CNT have generated great interest in biology, where suitably modified CNT can serve as vaccine delivery systems or protein transporters. Due to their unique physical and chemical property combination Carbonanotubes serves as a biomedical tool for delivering drugs and in treatment of cancer ,gene delivery, peptide drug delivery DNA and gene therapy and neural applications.

Keywords: Carbonanotube, Nanotechnology, Cancer.