Biomedical Uses for 2D Materials Beyond Graphene: Current Advances and Challenges Ahead.
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Date publication
août 2016
Journal
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr BIANCO Alberto
Tous les auteurs :
Kurapati R, Kostarelos K, Prato M, Bianco A
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Résumé
Currently, a broad interdisciplinary research effort is pursued on biomedical applications of 2D materials (2DMs) beyond graphene, due to their unique physicochemical and electronic properties. The discovery of new 2DMs is driven by the diverse chemical compositions and tuneable characteristics offered. Researchers are increasingly attracted to exploit those as drug delivery systems, highly efficient photothermal modalities, multimodal therapeutics with non-invasive diagnostic capabilities, biosensing, and tissue engineering. A crucial limitation of some of the 2DMs is their moderate colloidal stability in aqueous media. In addition, the lack of suitable functionalisation strategies should encourage the exploration of novel chemical methodologies with that purpose. Moreover, the clinical translation of these emerging materials will require undertaking of fundamental research on biocompatibility, toxicology and biopersistence in the living body as well as in the environment. Here, a thorough account of the biomedical applications using 2DMs explored today is given.
Mots clés
2D materials, diagnosis, imaging, nanotoxicity, therapy
Référence
Adv Mater. 2016 Aug;28(29):6052-74