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Biomedical applications of nanotechnology

2017; Springer International Publishing; Volume: 9; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s12551-016-0246-2

1867-2469

Ana Paula Ramos, Marcos Antônio Eufrásio Cruz, Camila Bussola Tovani, Pietro Ciancaglini,

Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

The ability to investigate substances at the molecular level has boosted the search for materials with outstanding properties for use in medicine. The application of these novel materials has generated the new research field of nanobiotechnology, which plays a central role in disease diagnosis, drug design and delivery, and implants. In this review, we provide an overview of the use of metallic and metal oxide nanoparticles, carbon-nanotubes, liposomes, and nanopatterned flat surfaces for specific biomedical applications. The chemical and physical properties of the surface of these materials allow their use in diagnosis, biosensing and bioimaging devices, drug delivery systems, and bone substitute implants. The toxicology of these particles is also discussed in the light of a new field referred to as nanotoxicology that studies the surface effects emerging from nanostructured materials.