title: Nanocarbon surfaces for biomedicine.
abstract: The distinctive physicochemical, mechanical and electrical properties of carbon nanostructures are currently gaining the interest of researchers working in bioengineering and biomedical fields. Carbon nanotubes, carbon dendrimers, graphenic platelets and nanodiamonds are deeply studied aiming at their application in several areas of biology and medicine.   Here we provide a summary of the carbon nanomaterials prepared in our labs and of the fabrication techniques used to produce several biomedical utilities, from scaffolds for tissue growth to cargos for drug delivery and to biosensors.
authors.affiliation: Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-Minimalab; Università di Roma Tor Vergata; Roma, Italy; Nanoshare s.r.l.; Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reina
authors.affiliation: Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-Minimalab; Università di Roma Tor Vergata; Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tamburri
authors.affiliation: Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-Minimalab; Università di Roma Tor Vergata; Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orlanducci
authors.affiliation: Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-Minimalab; Università di Roma Tor Vergata; Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gay
authors.affiliation: Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-Minimalab; Università di Roma Tor Vergata; Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matassa
authors.affiliation: Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-Minimalab; Università di Roma Tor Vergata; Roma, Italy; Nanoshare s.r.l.; Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Guglielmotti
authors.affiliation: Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-Minimalab; Università di Roma Tor Vergata; Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lavecchia
authors.affiliation: Dip. di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche-Minimalab; Università di Roma Tor Vergata; Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Letizia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Terranova
authors.affiliation: Electron Microscopies and Nanoscopies (EMiNa) Lab; Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering; Sapienza Nanotechnologies and Nanosciences (SNN) Lab; CNIS; Università di Roma Sapienza; Roma Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rossi
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D058612:Nanodiamonds; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000379:methods*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D058612:Nanodiamonds; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D006108:Graphite
keywords: bio-nanomaterials; carbon nanostructures; nanomedicine; scaffolds