Clinical applications of carbon nanomaterials in diagnostics and therapy

KP Loh, D Ho, GNC Chiu, DT Leong… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanomaterials have the potential to improve how patients are clinically treated and
diagnosed. While there are a number of nanomaterials that can be used toward improved …

Reversal of multidrug resistance by stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems for therapy of tumor

Q Yin, J Shen, Z Zhang, H Yu, Y Li - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major obstacle to successful cancer therapy, especially for
chemotherapy. The new drug delivery system (DDS) provides promising approaches to …

Carbon quantum dots by submerged arc discharge in water: Synthesis, characterization, and mechanism of formation

FJ Chao-Mujica, L Garcia-Hernández… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) are novel nanostructures that have great potential as
fluorescent markers due to their multi-fluorescence, down and up converted emission …

Frontiers in carbon dots: design, properties and applications

Z Li, L Wang, Y Li, Y Feng, W Feng - Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dots (CDs), which are emerging as a novel class of carbon-based functional
nanomaterials, can be fabricated from various carbon-based materials such as graphite …

Graphene quantum dot cross-linked carboxymethyl cellulose nanocomposite hydrogel for pH-sensitive oral anticancer drug delivery with potential bioimaging …

R Rakhshaei, H Namazi, H Hamishehkar… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Herein, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) were introduced as a novel and safe crosslinker for
carboxymethyl cellulose to make biodegradable and biocompatible hydrogels. The casting …

Safe clinical use of carbon nanotubes as innovative biomaterials

N Saito, H Haniu, Y Usui, K Aoki, K Hara… - Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are structurally described as sheets of six-membered carbon
atom rings (ie, graphene) rolled up into cylinders. CNTs with only one layer are known as …

Efficient surface modification of biomaterial to prevent biofilm formation and the attachment of microorganisms

K Bazaka, MV Jacob, RJ Crawford… - Applied microbiology and …, 2012 - Springer
Biomaterials play a fundamental role in disease management and the improvement of
health care. In recent years, there has been a significant growth in the diversity, function, and …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene and other 2D materials: a multidisciplinary analysis to uncover the hidden potential as cancer theranostics

L Fusco, A Gazzi, G Peng, Y Shin, S Vranic… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cancer represents one of the main causes of death in the world; hence the development of
more specific approaches for its diagnosis and treatment is urgently needed in clinical …

Exosomes as nano-theranostic delivery platforms for gene therapy

A Tan, J Rajadas, AM Seifalian - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Exosomes are biological membrane vesicles measuring 30 to 100nm. They contain an
abundance of small molecules like tetraspanins, receptors for targeting and adhesion, lipids …

Red emissive carbon dots: a promising next-generation material with intracellular applicability

K Warjurkar, S Panda, V Sharma - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The accidental discovery of carbon dots (CDs) back in 2004 has led to their widespread use
in the biomedical field. CDs have demonstrated their effectiveness in reporting 3D structures …