Emerging Biomedical Applications of Carbon Dot and Polymer Composite Materials

Carbon dot-based composite materials have been extensively developed for versatile biomedical applications, such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, bioimaging, biosensors, and photothermal cancer therapy, owing to their excellent mechanical properties, electrical and thermal conductivity, large s...

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Published in:Applied sciences 2022-10, Vol.12 (20), p.10565
Main Authors: Adam, Gareeballah Osman, Sharker, Shazid Md, Ryu, Ji Hyun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biocompatibility
biomedical applications
Biomedical engineering
Biomedical materials
Biosensors
Carbon
Carbon dots
Composite materials
Contact angle
Counterfeit
COVID-19
Drug delivery
Electrical resistivity
Electrochemistry
emerging applications
Enzymes
Hydrophobicity
Mechanical properties
Medical imaging
Metabolism
Nanomaterials
Pi-electrons
Polymer matrix composites
Polymers
Precision medicine
Quantum dots
Security
Thermal conductivity
Tissue engineering
Toxicity
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Summary:Carbon dot-based composite materials have been extensively developed for versatile biomedical applications, such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, bioimaging, biosensors, and photothermal cancer therapy, owing to their excellent mechanical properties, electrical and thermal conductivity, large surface-to-volume ratio, and biocompatibility. For instance, the hydrophobicity and delocalized π-electrons of carbon dots enable insoluble drug loading in carbon composite-based drug delivery carriers. In addition, carbon dot-based materials are suitable for optical and electrochemical biosensor applications owing to their intrinsic properties. Thus, this review briefly focuses on the following: (1) general aspects, (2) various sources, and (3) versatile biomedical applications of carbon dots and composite materials. More importantly, we present the emerging applications of carbon dot-based materials, such as in agricultural systems, COVID-19 theranostics, counterfeit, and security.
ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app122010565