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Jiang Y, Wang C, Zhang M, Liu L, Gao X, Zhang S, Ye D. Study of folate-based carbon nanotube drug delivery systems targeted to folate receptor α by molecular dynamic simulations. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 244:125386. [PMID: 37327924 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We designed targeted drug delivery systems containing folate (FOL), the functionalized carbon nanotube (f-CNT) and doxorubicin (DOX), and studied the targeting properties of folate, f-CNT-FOL and DOX/f-CNT-FOL to folate receptor α (FRα). Folate was actively targeted to FRα in molecular dynamics simulations, and the dynamic process, effect of folate receptor evolution, and characteristics were analyzed. On this basis, the f-CNT-FOL and DOX/f-CNT-FOL nano-drug-carrier systems were designed, and the drug delivery process targeted to FRα was studied by 4 times MD simulations. The system evolution and detailed interactions of f-CNT-FOL and DOX/f-CNT-FOL with FRα residues were examined. We found that though the connection of CNT with the FOL could decrease the insertion depth of the pterin of FOL into the pocket of FRα, the loading of drug molecules could reduce this effect. Representative snapshots from the MD simulations were analyzed, showing that the location of DOX on the surface of CNT was constantly changed during the MD simulation, but the surface of the four rings of DOX were almost always parallel to the surface of CNT. The RMSD and RMSF were used to further analyze. The results may provide new insights for the design of novel targeted nano-drug-delivery systems.
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- Yue Jiang
- School of Science, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Science, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, China.
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- School of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Science, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Science, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Science, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, China
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- School of Science, Tianjin Chengjian University, Tianjin, China
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Bartoli M, Marras E, Tagliaferro A. Computational Investigation of Interactions between Carbon Nitride Dots and Doxorubicin. Molecules 2023; 28:4660. [PMID: 37375213 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28124660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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The study of carbon dots is one of the frontiers of materials science due to their great structural and chemical complexity. These issues have slowed down the production of solid models that are able to describe the chemical and physical features of carbon dots. Recently, several studies have started to resolve this challenge by producing the first structural-based interpretation of several kinds of carbon dots, such as graphene and polymeric ones. Furthermore, carbon nitride dot models established their structures as being formed by heptazine and oxidized graphene layers. These advancements allowed us to study their interaction with key bioactive molecules, producing the first computational studies on this matter. In this work, we modelled the structures of carbon nitride dots and their interaction with an anticancer molecule (Doxorubicin) using semi-empirical methods, evaluating both geometrical and energetic parameters.
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- Mattia Bartoli
- Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Italian Institute of Technology, Via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, Italy
- Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM), Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, Italy
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- Politecnico di Torino, Department of Applied Science and Technology, C.so Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei Materiali (INSTM), Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Firenze, Italy
- Politecnico di Torino, Department of Applied Science and Technology, C.so Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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Alrushaid N, Khan FA, Al-Suhaimi EA, Elaissari A. Nanotechnology in Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15031025. [PMID: 36986885 PMCID: PMC10052895 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15031025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Traditional cancer diagnosis has been aided by the application of nanoparticles (NPs), which have made the process easier and faster. NPs possess exceptional properties such as a larger surface area, higher volume proportion, and better targeting capabilities. Additionally, their low toxic effect on healthy cells enhances their bioavailability and t-half by allowing them to functionally penetrate the fenestration of epithelium and tissues. These particles have attracted attention in multidisciplinary areas, making them the most promising materials in many biomedical applications, especially in the treatment and diagnosis of various diseases. Today, many drugs are presented or coated with nanoparticles for the direct targeting of tumors or diseased organs without harming normal tissues/cells. Many types of nanoparticles, such as metallic, magnetic, polymeric, metal oxide, quantum dots, graphene, fullerene, liposomes, carbon nanotubes, and dendrimers, have potential applications in cancer treatment and diagnosis. In many studies, nanoparticles have been reported to show intrinsic anticancer activity due to their antioxidant action and cause an inhibitory effect on the growth of tumors. Moreover, nanoparticles can facilitate the controlled release of drugs and increase drug release efficiency with fewer side effects. Nanomaterials such as microbubbles are used as molecular imaging agents for ultrasound imaging. This review discusses the various types of nanoparticles that are commonly used in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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- Noor Alrushaid
- Department of Stem Cell Biology, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
- Univ. Lyon, University Claude Bernard Lyon-1, CNRS, ISA-UMR 5280, 69622 Lyon, France
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Biology Department, College of Science, Institute of Research & Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Univ. Lyon, University Claude Bernard Lyon-1, CNRS, ISA-UMR 5280, 69622 Lyon, France
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Pandey DK, Kuddushi M, Kumar A, Singh DK. Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Loaded Smart Hybrid Hydrogel for Anti-Inflammatory Drug Delivery: Preparation and Characterizations. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Felegari Z, Hamedani S. Adsorption Properties and Quantum Molecular Descriptors of the Anti-cancer Drug Cytophosphane on the Armchair Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: A DFT Study. LETT ORG CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.2174/1570178619666220509095156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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In the current work, the adsorption of cytophosphane (cytophosphane is a chemotherapeutic drug and is used to treat several specific autoimmune diseases and malignant processes) on the (5,5) SWCNT was studied using density functional theory (DFT) calculations in terms of geometry, energy gap, charge transfer, molecular electrostatic potential surface, and density of state analysis. The behavior of the binding properties and the electronic structures revealed that the cytophosphane molecule could be adsorbed on the SWCNT by the adsorption energy of approximately -100.3 kcal mol-1. Also, it was found that the electronic properties of the SWCNT are very sensitive to the presence of cytophosphane molecules so that the energy gap of the nanotube is changed about 61% after the adsorption process. Based on calculated results, the SWCNT is expected to be suitable as a drug carrier for the delivery of cytophosphane drug.
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- Zahra Felegari
- Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran
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Encapsulation of an anticancer drug Isatin inside a host nano-vehicle SWCNT: a molecular dynamics simulation. Sci Rep 2021; 11:18753. [PMID: 34548596 PMCID: PMC8455564 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98222-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The use of carbon nanotubes as anticancer drug delivery cargo systems is a promising modality as they are able to perforate cellular membranes and transport the carried therapeutic molecules into the cellular components. Our work describes the encapsulation process of a common anticancer drug, Isatin (1H-indole-2,3-dione) as a guest molecule, in a capped single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) host with chirality of (10,10). The encapsulation process was modelled, considering an aqueous solution, by a molecular dynamics (MD) simulation under a canonical NVT ensemble. The interactions between the atoms of Isatin were obtained from the DREIDING force filed. The storage capacity of the capped SWCNT host was evaluated to quantify its capacity to host multiple Isatin molecules. Our results show that the Isatin can be readily trapped inside the volume cavity of the capped SWCNT and it remained stable, as featured by a reduction in the van der Waals forces between Isatin guest and the SWCNT host (at approximately - 30 kcal mol-1) at the end of the MD simulation (15 ns). Moreover, the free energy of encapsulation was found to be - 34 kcal mol-1 suggesting that the Isatin insertion procedure into the SWCNT occurred spontaneously. As calculated, a capped SWCNT (10,10) with a length of 30 Å, was able to host eleven (11) molecules of Isatin, that all remained steadily encapsulated inside the SWCNT volume cavity, showing a potential for the use of carbon nanotubes as drug delivery cargo systems.
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Zarghami Dehaghani M, Yousefi F, Sajadi SM, Tajammal Munir M, Abida O, Habibzadeh S, Mashhadzadeh AH, Rabiee N, Mostafavi E, Saeb MR. Theoretical Encapsulation of Fluorouracil (5-FU) Anti-Cancer Chemotherapy Drug into Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) and Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNT). Molecules 2021; 26:4920. [PMID: 34443508 PMCID: PMC8398462 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26164920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Chemotherapy with anti-cancer drugs is considered the most common approach for killing cancer cells in the human body. However, some barriers such as toxicity and side effects would limit its usage. In this regard, nano-based drug delivery systems have emerged as cost-effective and efficient for sustained and targeted drug delivery. Nanotubes such as carbon nanotubes (CNT) and boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT) are promising nanocarriers that provide the cargo with a large inner volume for encapsulation. However, understanding the insertion process of the anti-cancer drugs into the nanotubes and demonstrating drug-nanotube interactions starts with theoretical analysis. METHODS First, interactions parameters of the atoms of 5-FU were quantified from the DREIDING force field. Second, the storage capacity of BNNT (8,8) was simulated to count the number of drugs 5-FU encapsulated inside the cavity of the nanotubes. In terms of the encapsulation process of the one drug 5-FU into nanotubes, it was clarified that the drug 5-FU was more rapidly adsorbed into the cavity of the BNNT compared with the CNT due to the higher van der Waals (vdW) interaction energy between the drug and the BNNT. RESULTS The obtained values of free energy confirmed that the encapsulation process of the drug inside the CNT and BNNT occurred spontaneously with the free energies of -14 and -25 kcal·mol-1, respectively. DISCUSSION However, the lower value of the free energy in the system containing the BNNT unraveled more stability of the encapsulated drug inside the cavity of the BNNT comparing the system having CNT. The encapsulation of Fluorouracil (5-FU) anti-cancer chemotherapy drug (commercial name: Adrucil®) into CNT (8,8) and BNNT (8,8) with the length of 20 Å in an aqueous solution was discussed herein applying molecular dynamics (MD) simulation.
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- Maryam Zarghami Dehaghani
- Center of Excellence in Electrochemistry, School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran 11155-4563, Iran;
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- Department of Physics, University of Zanjan, Zanjan 45195-313, Iran;
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- Department of Nutrition, Cihan University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Erbil P.O. Box 625, Iraq;
- Department of Phytochemistry, SRC, Soran University, Soran P.O. Box 624, Iraq
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- College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Egaila 54200, Kuwait; (M.T.M.); (O.A.)
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- College of Engineering and Technology, American University of the Middle East, Egaila 54200, Kuwait; (M.T.M.); (O.A.)
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran 1591639675, Iran
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- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan 010000, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran P.O. Box 11155-9161, Iran;
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- Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Polymer Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland;
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Cao Y, Khan A, Balakheyli H, Lup ANK, Ramezani Taghartapeh M, Mirzaei H, Reza Khandoozi S, Soltani A, Aghaei M, Heidari F, Sarkar SM, Albadarin AB. Penicillamine functionalized B12N12 and B12CaN12 nanocages act as potential inhibitors of proinflammatory cytokines: A combined DFT analysis, ADMET and molecular docking study. ARAB J CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2021.103200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Mollazadeh S, Sahebkar A, Shahlaei M, Moradi S. Nano drug delivery systems: Molecular dynamic simulation. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Rahman H, Hossain MR, Ferdous T. The recent advancement of low-dimensional nanostructured materials for drug delivery and drug sensing application: A brief review. J Mol Liq 2020; 320:114427. [PMID: 33012931 PMCID: PMC7525470 DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In this review article, we have presented a detailed analysis of the recent advancement of quantum mechanical calculations in the applications of the low-dimensional nanomaterials (LDNs) into biomedical fields like biosensors and drug delivery systems development. Biosensors play an essential role for many communities, e.g. law enforcing agencies to sense illicit drugs, medical communities to remove overdosed medications from the human and animal body etc. Besides, drug delivery systems are theoretically being proposed for many years and experimentally found to deliver the drug to the targeted sites by reducing the harmful side effects significantly. In current COVID-19 pandemic, biosensors can play significant roles, e.g. to remove experimental drugs during the human trials if they show any unwanted adverse effect etc. where the drug delivery systems can be potentially applied to reduce the side effects. But before proceeding to these noble and expensive translational research works, advanced theoretical calculations can provide the possible outcomes with considerable accuracy. Hence in this review article, we have analyzed how theoretical calculations can be used to investigate LDNs as potential biosensor devices or drug delivery systems. We have also made a very brief discussion on the properties of biosensors or drug delivery systems which should be investigated for the biomedical applications and how to calculate them theoretically. Finally, we have made a detailed analysis of a large number of recently published research works where theoretical calculations were used to propose different LDNs for bio-sensing and drug delivery applications.
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- Hamidur Rahman
- Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj 8100, Bangladesh
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- Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh
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Susceptibility Factors in Chronic Lung Inflammatory Responses to Engineered Nanomaterials. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197310. [PMID: 33022979 PMCID: PMC7582686 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are products of the emerging nanotechnology industry and many different types of ENMs have been shown to cause chronic inflammation in the lungs of rodents after inhalation exposure, suggesting a risk to human health. Due to the increasing demand and use of ENMs in a variety of products, a careful evaluation of the risks to human health is urgently needed. An assessment of the immunotoxicity of ENMs should consider susceptibility factors including sex, pre-existing diseases, deficiency of specific genes encoding proteins involved in the innate or adaptive immune response, and co-exposures to other chemicals. This review will address evidence from experimental animal models that highlights some important issues of susceptibility to chronic lung inflammation and systemic immune dysfunction after pulmonary exposure to ENMs.
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Karimzadeh S, Safaei B, Jen TC. Investigate the importance of mechanical properties of SWCNT on doxorubicin anti-cancer drug adsorption for medical application: A molecular dynamic study. J Mol Graph Model 2020; 101:107745. [PMID: 32977299 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2020.107745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 08/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Sina Karimzadeh
- Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2006, South Africa.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus via Mersin 10, Turkey.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2006, South Africa.
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Khorrampour R, Raissi H, Shaki H, Morsali A, Hashemzadeh H. The scrutinised DFT and MD studies on the adsorption of D-penicillamine drug on γ-Fe 2O 3 nanoparticle as a highly efficient carrier. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2020.1716979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Chemistry Department, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, Payame Noor University, Mashhad, Iran
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- Chemistry Department, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
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Alinejad A, Raissi H, Hashemzadeh H. Understanding co-loading of doxorubicin and camptothecin on graphene and folic acid-conjugated graphene for targeting drug delivery: classical MD simulation and DFT calculation. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2019; 38:2737-2745. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2019.1645044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
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