Work Package 1: Synthesis

Synthesis, purification and functionalisation of Carbon Nanotubes
WP Leader: Dr. Ewa Borowiak-Palen

Research Task 1: Synthesis and filling of single- and doublewalled CNT
Research Task 2: Synthesis and filling of multi-walled CNT
Research Task 3: Exohedral functionalisation

Involved Partners: University Toulouse, Szczecin University of Technology

Work Package 2: Biocompatibility and bioactivity

RNA wrapping for biodelivery, interaction of CNT with the im­mune system and cells
WP Leader: Prof. Johnjoe McFadden

Research Task 4: Functionalisation of RNA-wrapped CNT for RNAi biodelivery
Research Task 5: Interactions of CNT with the immune system: characterisation and modification of interactions by derivatisation. Biocompatibility studies
Research Task 6: Binding of functionalized CNT to cells and delivery into the cell: A microscopic view

Involved Partners: University of Surrey, University of Oxford, Institute for Biophysics at Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Work Package 3: Imaging and Sensoring

Magnetic and spectroscopic information on relevant parame­ters by probing CNT in tissue
WP Leader: Dr. Bennie ten Haken

Research Task 7: Non-invasive intracellular sensors and markers: NMR studies
Research Task 8: Imaging ferromagnetic CNT: spatially resolved SQUID studies
Research Task 9: Imaging CNT: micro-MRI and NMR studies

Involved Partners: University of Twente and MESA+ institute, IFW Dresden

Work Package 4: Hyperthermia and medical studies

Magnetism of CNT and biomedical applications
WP Leader: Dr. Rüdiger Klingeler

Research Task 10: Magnetically filled CNT as intracellular probes for heating
Research Task 11: Delivery of functionalised RNA-wrapped CNT to kill cancer cells
Research Task 12: Medical studies using MWNT for tumour therapy

Involved Partners: IFW Dresden, University of Surrey, Technical University Dresden

Work Package Management

CARBIO Management Assistent: Dr. Anke Dürkoop