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Cheng Z, Cui H, Xiao Q, Huang H, Kang Y, Liu Q, Wang J, Chu PK, Yu XF. From Octahedron Crystals to 2D Silicon Nanosheets: Facet-Selective Cleavage and Biophotonic Applications. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2003594. [PMID: 33078576 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202003594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Revised: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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2D silicon nanosheets (SiNSs) are promising materials for biomedicine but facile synthesis of SiNSs remains a challenge. Herein, by means of a sulfur-iodine co-assisted chemical vapor transport method, octahedron silicon (oct-Si) crystals with fully exposed {111} planes are prepared as precursors for efficient synthesis of SiNSs by facet-selective exfoliation. The 13 nm thick SiNSs have good biocompatibility and the sharp Raman scattering signal facilitates intracellular Raman imaging upon exposure to a near-infrared (NIR) laser. Furthermore, the SiNSs have excellent NIR photothermal characteristics such as a large extinction coefficient of 11.3 L g-1 cm-1 and high photothermal conversion efficiency of 21.4% at 1064 nm. In vitro experiments demonstrate superior NIR-II photothermal therapeutic effects in killing cancer cells. Comparing to conventional methods, the novel facet-selective cleavage strategy is more controllable and environmentally friendly boding well for the fabrication of non-van der Waals 2D materials. The multimodal photonic behavior also suggests large potential of the SiNSs pertaining to integrated multi-NIR biophotonic techniques using single nanomaterials.
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- Ziqiang Cheng
- Department of Applied Physics, School of Science, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, 330013, P. R. China
- Shenzhen Engineering Center for the Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Center for the Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- International Collaborative Laboratory of 2D Materials for Optoelectronics Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P. R. China
- Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Center for the Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Center for the Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Center for the Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Center for the Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
- Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, P. R. China
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- Shenzhen Engineering Center for the Fabrication of Two-Dimensional Atomic Crystals, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518055, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Hu R, Chen Z, Dai C, Guo X, Feng W, Liu Z, Lin H, Chen Y, Wu R. Engineering two-dimensional silicene composite nanosheets for dual-sensitized and photonic hyperthermia-augmented cancer radiotherapy. Biomaterials 2020; 269:120455. [PMID: 33162174 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2020] [Revised: 10/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The rapid development of nanotechnology has triggered the emerging of tremendous theranostic nanoplatforms for combating cancers. Silicene, as an emerging two-dimensional (2D) material, has been recently explored as therapeutic agent due to their desirable biodegradation and strong photothermal-conversion performance. However, the rational design of silicene-based composites for further exerting multifunctional medical applications is still highly challenging. Herein, we report on the construction of silicene-based silicene@Pt composite nanosheets for computed tomography (CT)/photoacoustic (PA) imaging-guided dual-sensitized radiotherapy combined with photonic tumor hyperthermia, which has been achieved by a seed-growth approach to in situ grow Pt components onto silicene nanosheets' surface. Especially, by functionalization of Pt components, these nanosheets could act as both contrast agents for CT imaging and dual radio-sensitizing agents for radiotherapy, which could deposit Pt-involved radiation energy (sensitized therapeutic process I) and overcome hypoxia-associated radio-resistance by Pt-catalytic O2 generation from overexpressed H2O2 within the tumor microenvironment (sensitized therapeutic process II). The strong photothermal-conversion performance of silicene nanosheets not only endowed silicene@Pt composite nanosheets with photoacoustic imaging property, but also realized the photonic tumor hyperthermia and achieved a combined therapeutic effect with radiotherapy. This work not only broadens the biomedical applications of silicene, but also develops functionalization strategies of silicene for versatile biomedical applications.
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- Ruizhi Hu
- Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200072, China
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- State Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200120, China
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- Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital, The Navy Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China
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- Department of Radiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- State Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China; State Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China.
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- Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200072, China; Department of Ultrasound in Medicine, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200080, China.
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Duan H, Guo H, Zhang R, Wang F, Liu Z, Ge M, Yu L, Lin H, Chen Y. Two-dimensional silicene composite nanosheets enable exogenous/endogenous-responsive and synergistic hyperthermia-augmented catalytic tumor theranostics. Biomaterials 2020; 256:120206. [DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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Wang F, Duan H, Zhang R, Guo H, Lin H, Chen Y. Potentiated cytosolic drug delivery and photonic hyperthermia by 2D free-standing silicene nanosheets for tumor nanomedicine. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:17931-17946. [PMID: 32845945 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05214k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Silicene, as an emerging two-dimensional (2D) silicon allotrope, mainly serves in the field of electronics and energy devices but multidisciplinary studies on 2D silicene have been rarely carried out, especially the potential translational biomedical practice. In this study, we explore a high-performance photonic drug-delivery nanoplatform based on 2D ultrathin silicene nanosheets (DOX@silicene-BSA NSs) regarding effective chemotherapeutic drug loading (capacity amount of w/w%: 137.0%) while highlighting the potentiated cytosolic drug-delivery efficiency (spatiotemporally pH-/NIR-triggered drug-release) and NIR-II-activated photonic hyperthermia (η = 19.7%) performance, thus, enabling the potential synergistic chemotherapeutic and phototherapeutic outcomes. The cellular endocytotic mechanism of these nanosheets in cancer cells has been comprehensively studied and provides an essential understanding of the nano-bio interactions of silicene-based nanosheets or other emerging 2D nanostructures. Prominent suppression of tumor growth was achieved by synergistic chemotherapy and photonic hyperthermia with negligible adverse effects and expected degradability, thus addressing the several fundamental barriers of oncology-related nanotherapies. This work highlights silicene, which integrates the merits of high specific surface area endowed with 2D topology, intrinsic responsiveness toward physical/chemical stimuli, and biomedical necessity of biodegradation and biosafety, as a promising next-generation omnipotent alternative to subrogate traditional silicon-based biomaterials and non-biocompatible nanoagents in clinical translation nanomedicine.
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- Fangfang Wang
- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, P. R. China.
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Zuo J, Huo M, Wang L, Li J, Chen Y, Xiong P. Photonic hyperthermal and sonodynamic nanotherapy targeting oral squamous cell carcinoma. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:9084-9093. [PMID: 32926057 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb01089h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Nanomedicine that enables multiple synergetic treatments provides effective non-invasive treatment modalities for cancer therapy. Yet treatments for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) are rarely reported. Here, we designed OSCC-targeting multi-functional nanomedicines to overcome the therapeutic obstacles during OSCC treatments, including ineffective chemotherapy, and the traumatic surgery and radiotherapy. The urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR)-targeting ligand AE105 decorated dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles (DMSN) encapsulating photonic active ultrasmall Cu2-xS NPs and sonosensitizer Rose Bengal (RB) have been rationally designed and constructed (designated as Cu2-xS-RB@DMSN-AE105, abbreviated as CRDA). These CRDAs initially target the uPAR, which is overexpressed in the OSCC cell membrane, to increase the localized accumulation of CRDAs at tumor sites. Under the irradiation of both near-infrared laser and ultrasound, the in situ photonic-hyperthermal and sonodynamic effects are respectively enabled to induce the cell death of OSCC. Upon both in vitro/in vivo challenges, tumor cells/xenografts have been efficiently eradicated, achieving the targeting and synergetic treatment modality against the OSCC with satisfactory biocompatibility.
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- Jiaxin Zuo
- Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, P. R. China.
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- Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, P. R. China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, P. R. China.
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- Department of Ultrasound, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, P. R. China.
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Duan H, Guo H, Zhang R, Wang F, Liu Z, Ge M, Yu L, Lin H, Chen Y. Two-dimensional silicene composite nanosheets enable exogenous/endogenous-responsive and synergistic hyperthermia-augmented catalytic tumor theranostics. Biomaterials 2020; 256:120206. [PMID: 32599359 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Silicene as an emerging two-dimensional material (2DM) spurs the broad research interests due to its prominent electronic and physical properties, however, still lacking in exploitation for the biological and medical practices. Herein, we constructed a 2D silicene-based theranostic nanoplatform, MnOx@silicene-BSA (MS-BSA), with tumor microenvironment (TME)-responsive and synergistic hyperthermia-augmented catalytic activity when irradiated by near infrared-II (NIR-II) laser because of the high photothermal-conversion efficiency of 2D silicene matrix. Such MS-BSA nanosheets possess the capability to react with glutathione (GSH) to generate Mn2+ and glutathione disulfide (GSSG) under acidity/reducing TME condition. With the presence/assistance of HCO3-, the released Mn2+ exhibited sensitive catalytic activity towards endogenous H2O2via Fenton-like reaction, enabling the generation of highly toxic hydroxyl radicals (•OH), which finally led to the enhanced nanocatalytic therapeutic efficacy followed by exogenous NIR-II laser exposure, originating from hyperthermia-augmented catalytic activity. Especially, these MS-BSA nanosheets accumulated into the tumor region to enable superb contrast enhancement of TME-responsive T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and photoacoustic imaging (PAI), and high-efficient in vivo synergistic tumor eradication. Therefore, such an intelligent photothermal-enhanced catalytic theranostic nanoplatform could realize the exogenous/endogenous-responsive and cooperative hyperthermia-augmented tumor treatment and accurate tumor positioning/monitoring.
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China.
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- Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 450052, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, PR China.
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He C, Yu L, Ding L, Yao H, Chen Y, Hao Y. Lysine demethylase KDM3A regulates nanophotonic hyperthermia resistance generated by 2D silicene in breast cancer. Biomaterials 2020; 255:120181. [PMID: 32569864 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2020] [Revised: 05/21/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignant disease affecting women's health worldwide. The benefits from conventional therapeutic modalities are severely limited. An increasing number of promising photothermal materials have been recently developed and introduced into the therapeutic regimens of BC, but the underlying biological mechanism remains unclear. Silicon-based materials have enjoyed many popularities in the biomedical field owing to their desirable biocompatibility, biodegradability and versatility. Herein, we introduced two dimensional (2D) silicene nanosheets (SNSs) into the BC treatment and achieved profound photothermal-ablation efficacy. Importantly, this work reveals the underlying biological mechanism and regulation factors of photonic hyperthermia in BC. The RNA sequencing and immunoblot demonstrated that photothermia enhanced apoptosis in BC by activating caspase 3 and caspase 7. Importantly, knockdown of lysine demethylase KDM3A sensitized BC to photothermia epigenetically. It has been revealed that KDM3A could erase p53K372me1 and suppress the anti-cancer functions of p53, leading to the downregulation of pro-apoptotic proteins-PUMA and NOXA verified by Co-IP and ChIP-qPCR assays. Therefore, our results not only import near infrared light (NIR) induced photothermal ablation generated by SNSs-BSA into the BC treatment, but also clarify the underlying mechanism and regulation factors for further photothermal performance optimization and clinical translation.
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- Chao He
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopedic Implants, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China
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- State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China.
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- State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- Analysis & Testing Center for Inorganic Materials, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China
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- State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, China.
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopedic Implants, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200011, China.
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Zheng Q, Jiang J, Chen C, Yu J, Li X, Tang L, Li S. Nanoengineering Microstructure of Hybrid C-S-H/Silicene Gel. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:17806-17814. [PMID: 32208671 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b22833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) materials have been incorporated into calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) gel to enhance its mechanical performance for decades, while the modified C-S-H gel exhibits poor toughness, tensile strength, and ductility. In this work, we report a new design strategy and synthesis route to strengthen C-S-H interface by intercalating a silicene sheet of one atom thickness. The hybrid C-S-H/Silicene gel shows superb mechanical properties, with a remarkable enhancement in strength and other functional properties. By using density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we have demonstrated that Si-O bonds between silicene and C-S-H are stable and covalent, and the interaction energy of this bilayer gel nearly doubles by forming a 3D covalent network with a strong bridging effect. Owing to its better crystallinity enrichment and its induced dislocation dissipation mechanism, the hybrid C-S-H/Silicene gel possesses a higher tensile ductility (∼118% average enhancement and ∼228% in the c direction) and a much smaller elastic stiffness (59.04 GPa for average Young's modulus). This work offers an ingenuous route in turning brittle C-S-H gel into a soft gel, which provides opportunities for fabricating ultrahigh performance cementitious materials.
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- Qi Zheng
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, P. R. China
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- The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Fusco L, Gazzi A, Peng G, Shin Y, Vranic S, Bedognetti D, Vitale F, Yilmazer A, Feng X, Fadeel B, Casiraghi C, Delogu LG. Graphene and other 2D materials: a multidisciplinary analysis to uncover the hidden potential as cancer theranostics. Theranostics 2020; 10:5435-5488. [PMID: 32373222 PMCID: PMC7196289 DOI: 10.7150/thno.40068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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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 practice. Here we aim at providing a comprehensive review on the use of 2-dimensional materials (2DMs) in cancer theranostics. In particular, we focus on graphene-related materials (GRMs), graphene hybrids, and graphdiyne (GDY), as well as other emerging 2DMs, such as MXene, tungsten disulfide (WS2), molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), black phosphorus (BP), silicene, antimonene (AM), germanene, biotite (black mica), metal organic frameworks (MOFs), and others. The results reported in the scientific literature in the last ten years (>200 papers) are dissected here with respect to the wide variety of combinations of imaging methodologies and therapeutic approaches, including drug/gene delivery, photothermal/photodynamic therapy, sonodynamic therapy, and immunotherapy. We provide a unique multidisciplinary approach in discussing the literature, which also includes a detailed section on the characterization methods used to analyze the material properties, highlighting the merits and limitations of the different approaches. The aim of this review is to show the strong potential of 2DMs for use as cancer theranostics, as well as to highlight issues that prevent the clinical translation of these materials. Overall, we hope to shed light on the hidden potential of the vast panorama of new and emerging 2DMs as clinical cancer theranostics.
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- Laura Fusco
- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Padua, Italy
- Cancer Program, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Padua, Italy
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Nanomedicine Lab, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Bioengineering, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA; Center for Neurotrauma, Neurodegeneration, and Restoration, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
- Stem Cell Institute, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, School of Science, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Padua, Italy
- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, School of Science, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Shi D, Yang M, Chang B, Ai Z, Zhang K, Shao Y, Wang S, Wu Y, Hao X. Ultrasonic-Ball Milling: A Novel Strategy to Prepare Large-Size Ultrathin 2D Materials. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e1906734. [PMID: 32115877 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201906734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Large-size ultrathin 2D materials, with extensive applications in optics, medicine, biology, and semiconductor fields, can be prepared through an existing common physical and chemical process. However, the current exfoliation technologies still need to be improved upon with urgency. Herein, a novel and simple "ultrasonic-ball milling" strategy is reported to effectively obtain high quality and large size ultrathin 2D materials with complete lattice structure through the introduction of moderate sapphire (Al2 O3 ) abrasives in a liquid phase system. Ultimately numerous high-quality ultrathin h-BN, graphene, MoS2 , WS2 , and BCN nanosheets are obtained with large sizes ranging from 1-20 µm, small thickness of ≈1-3 nm and a high yield of over 20%. Utilizing shear and friction force synergistically, this strategy provides a new method and alternative for preparing and optimizing large size ultrathin 2D materials.
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- Dong Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250100, P. R. China
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Luo Y, Ge M, Lin H, He R, Yuan X, Yang C, Wang W, Zhang X. Anti-Infective Application of Graphene-Like Silicon Nanosheets via Membrane Destruction. Adv Healthc Mater 2020; 9:e1901375. [PMID: 31894648 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201901375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Revised: 11/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The increasing problem of bacterial resistance to the currently effective antibiotics has resulted in the need for increasingly potent therapeutics to eradicate pathogenic microorganisms. 2D nanomaterials (2D NMs) have unique physical and chemical properties that make them attractive candidates for biomedical applications. Recently, the application of 2D NMs as antibacterial agents has attracted significant attention. Herein, a novel 2D graphene-like silicon nanosheet (GS NS) antimicrobial agent is fabricated from pristine silicon crystals by ultrasonication, which results in a highly exfoliated planar morphology and a significantly larger surface area as compared with bulk silicon. The GS NSs exhibit remarkable in vitro broad-spectrum bactericidal activity against Gram (-) Escherichia coli and Gram (+) Staphylococcus aureus because of a close interaction with the bacteria, which leads to highly efficient membrane destruction. The in vivo studies demonstrate that the local administration of GS NSs effectively mitigates implant-related infection by reducing the bacterial burden of the extracted samples and accelerating the remission of local inflammation. Based on these encouraging results, GS NSs are expected to be a useful new member of the 2D NMs family, with the potential of effectively killing pathogenic bacteria in clinical applications.
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- Yao Luo
- Department of OrthopaedicsShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's HospitalShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine MicrostructuresShanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine MicrostructuresShanghai Institute of CeramicsChinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics EngineeringUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Department of OrthopaedicsShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's HospitalShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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- Department of OrthopaedicsShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's HospitalShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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- Department of OrthopaedicsShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's HospitalShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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- Department of OrthopaedicsShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's HospitalShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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- Department of OrthopaedicsShanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's HospitalShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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Luo Y, Ge M, Lin H, He R, Yuan X, Yang C, Wang W, Zhang X. Anti‐Infective Application of Graphene‐Like Silicon Nanosheets via Membrane Destruction. Adv Healthc Mater 2020; 9. [DOI: doi.org/10.1002/adhm.201901375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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AbstractThe increasing problem of bacterial resistance to the currently effective antibiotics has resulted in the need for increasingly potent therapeutics to eradicate pathogenic microorganisms. 2D nanomaterials (2D NMs) have unique physical and chemical properties that make them attractive candidates for biomedical applications. Recently, the application of 2D NMs as antibacterial agents has attracted significant attention. Herein, a novel 2D graphene‐like silicon nanosheet (GS NS) antimicrobial agent is fabricated from pristine silicon crystals by ultrasonication, which results in a highly exfoliated planar morphology and a significantly larger surface area as compared with bulk silicon. The GS NSs exhibit remarkable in vitro broad‐spectrum bactericidal activity against Gram (−) Escherichia coli and Gram (+) Staphylococcus aureus because of a close interaction with the bacteria, which leads to highly efficient membrane destruction. The in vivo studies demonstrate that the local administration of GS NSs effectively mitigates implant‐related infection by reducing the bacterial burden of the extracted samples and accelerating the remission of local inflammation. Based on these encouraging results, GS NSs are expected to be a useful new member of the 2D NMs family, with the potential of effectively killing pathogenic bacteria in clinical applications.
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- Yao Luo
- Department of Orthopaedics Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructures Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai 200050 P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai 200233 P. R. China
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Zhu H, Ni N, Govindarajan S, Ding X, Leong DT. Phototherapy with layered materials derived quantum dots. NANOSCALE 2020; 12:43-57. [PMID: 31799539 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr07886j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Quantum dots (QDs) originating from two-dimensional (2D) sheets of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4), graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), monoatomic buckled crystals (phosphorene), germanene, silicene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are emerging zero-dimensional materials. These QDs possess diverse optical properties, are chemically stable, have surprisingly excellent biocompatibility and are relatively amenable to surface modifications. It is therefore not difficult to see that these QDs have potential in a variety of bioapplications, including biosensing, bioimaging and anticancer and antimicrobial therapy. In this review, we briefly summarize the recent progress of these exciting QD based nanoagents and strategies for phototherapy. In addition, we will discuss about the current limitations, challenges and future prospects of QDs in biomedical applications.
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- Houjuan Zhu
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore. and Centre for Advanced 2D Materials, Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117546, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore.
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- Institute for Health Innovation and Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117585, Singapore. and NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117456, Singapore
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Wang S, Yang X, Zhou L, Li J, Chen H. 2D nanostructures beyond graphene: preparation, biocompatibility and biodegradation behaviors. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:2974-2989. [DOI: 10.1039/c9tb02845e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The research advances of the preparation, biocompatibility and biodegradation of 2D nanomaterials are introduced. The prospects and challenges of the biomedical applications of 2D nanomaterials are summarized.
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- Shige Wang
- College of Science
- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200093
- China
- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure
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- College of Science
- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200093
- China
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- College of Science
- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200093
- China
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- College of Science
- University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200093
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure
- Shanghai Institute of Ceramics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai 200050
- China
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Mei X, Hu T, Wang Y, Weng X, Liang R, Wei M. Recent advancements in two‐dimensional nanomaterials for drug delivery. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2019; 12:e1596. [DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Xuan Mei
- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Beijing P.R. China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Beijing P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing P.R. China
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