Abstract :
Abstract From manufacturing to health-related therapies, nanotechnology is causing a revolution in many different sectors. The remarkable mechanical, electrical, and physicochemical characteristics of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have made them an attractive medicinal prospect in the field of nanomedicine. An increase in therapeutic efficacy or a decrease in toxicities of medicinally active substances is the primary motivation for creating nanocarrier drug delivery systems. Traditional methods involve the use of liposomes and other spherically shaped vesicle nanocarriers to accomplish this. As an alternative, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are basically just carbon atoms arranged in a cylindrical shape. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are continuous graphene sheets wound into a cylinder with a high aspect ratio, a diameter of less than 1 nm, and a length of several micrometres. The cylinders can be open-ended or capped. Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) are composed of multiple graphene sheets, whereas single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) are formed by CNTs manufactured from a single sheet of graphene. Biomedical uses of CNTs were not possible until methods to make them soluble and functionalized them with organic groups were developed. They can absorb or conjugate with many different medicinal compounds because of their large surface area. A new carrier system for both large and small medicinal compounds, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have only lately been introduced. To control their biological or physical characteristics, CNTs can be surface-engineered with certain functional groups, a process known as functionalization. In addition to their versatility as therapeutic chemical carriers, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have found usage in photothermal cell death because to their enormous surface area and the ease with which their physical dimensions and surfaces may be controlled.
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Keywords: Carbon Nanotubes, Thermal Therapy, Doping, Photothermal Properties, Anticancer