Metal Sulfide Semiconductor Nanomaterials and Polymer Microgels for Biomedical Applications

The development of nanomaterials with therapeutic and/or diagnostic properties has been an active area of research in biomedical sciences over the past decade. Nanomaterials have been identified as significant medical tools with potential therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities that are practically...

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Autores principales:	Athandwe M. Paca, Peter A. Ajibade
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	semiconductor nanomaterials metal sulfide therapeutic agents drug delivery polymer microgels Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Chemistry QD1-999
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6a8826928a404491b11844c4e25bb82e2021-11-25T17:55:07ZMetal Sulfide Semiconductor Nanomaterials and Polymer Microgels for Biomedical Applications10.3390/ijms2222122941422-00671661-6596https://doaj.org/article/6a8826928a404491b11844c4e25bb82e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/22/12294https://doaj.org/toc/1661-6596https://doaj.org/toc/1422-0067The development of nanomaterials with therapeutic and/or diagnostic properties has been an active area of research in biomedical sciences over the past decade. Nanomaterials have been identified as significant medical tools with potential therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities that are practically impossible to accomplish using larger molecules or bulk materials. Fabrication of nanomaterials is the most effective platform to engineer therapeutic agents and delivery systems for the treatment of cancer. This is mostly due to the high selectivity of nanomaterials for cancerous cells, which is attributable to the porous morphology of tumour cells which allows nanomaterials to accumulate more in tumour cells more than in normal cells. Nanomaterials can be used as potential drug delivery systems since they exist in similar scale as proteins. The unique properties of nanomaterials have drawn a lot of interest from researchers in search of new chemotherapeutic treatment for cancer. Metal sulfide nanomaterials have emerged as the most used frameworks in the past decade, but they tend to aggregate because of their high surface energy which triggers the thermodynamically favoured interaction. Stabilizing agents such as polymer and microgels have been utilized to inhibit the particles from any aggregations. In this review, we explore the development of metal sulfide polymer/microgel nanocomposites as therapeutic agents against cancerous cells.Athandwe M. PacaPeter A. AjibadeMDPI AGarticlesemiconductor nanomaterialsmetal sulfidetherapeutic agentsdrug deliverypolymer microgelsBiology (General)QH301-705.5ChemistryQD1-999ENInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 22, Iss 12294, p 12294 (2021)
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topic	semiconductor nanomaterials metal sulfide therapeutic agents drug delivery polymer microgels Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Chemistry QD1-999
spellingShingle	semiconductor nanomaterials metal sulfide therapeutic agents drug delivery polymer microgels Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Chemistry QD1-999 Athandwe M. Paca Peter A. Ajibade Metal Sulfide Semiconductor Nanomaterials and Polymer Microgels for Biomedical Applications
description	The development of nanomaterials with therapeutic and/or diagnostic properties has been an active area of research in biomedical sciences over the past decade. Nanomaterials have been identified as significant medical tools with potential therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities that are practically impossible to accomplish using larger molecules or bulk materials. Fabrication of nanomaterials is the most effective platform to engineer therapeutic agents and delivery systems for the treatment of cancer. This is mostly due to the high selectivity of nanomaterials for cancerous cells, which is attributable to the porous morphology of tumour cells which allows nanomaterials to accumulate more in tumour cells more than in normal cells. Nanomaterials can be used as potential drug delivery systems since they exist in similar scale as proteins. The unique properties of nanomaterials have drawn a lot of interest from researchers in search of new chemotherapeutic treatment for cancer. Metal sulfide nanomaterials have emerged as the most used frameworks in the past decade, but they tend to aggregate because of their high surface energy which triggers the thermodynamically favoured interaction. Stabilizing agents such as polymer and microgels have been utilized to inhibit the particles from any aggregations. In this review, we explore the development of metal sulfide polymer/microgel nanocomposites as therapeutic agents against cancerous cells.
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title	Metal Sulfide Semiconductor Nanomaterials and Polymer Microgels for Biomedical Applications
title_short	Metal Sulfide Semiconductor Nanomaterials and Polymer Microgels for Biomedical Applications
title_full	Metal Sulfide Semiconductor Nanomaterials and Polymer Microgels for Biomedical Applications
title_fullStr	Metal Sulfide Semiconductor Nanomaterials and Polymer Microgels for Biomedical Applications
title_full_unstemmed	Metal Sulfide Semiconductor Nanomaterials and Polymer Microgels for Biomedical Applications
title_sort	metal sulfide semiconductor nanomaterials and polymer microgels for biomedical applications
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
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Metal Sulfide Semiconductor Nanomaterials and Polymer Microgels for Biomedical Applications

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