title: Inorganic nanomaterials for bioimaging, targeted drug delivery and therapeutics.
abstract: Inorganic nanomaterials including gold nanoparticles, mesoporous silica nanoparticles, graphene, magnetic nanoparticles, quantum dots and layered double hydroxides have become one of the most active research fields in biochemistry, biotechnology and biomedicine. Benefiting from the facile synthesis/modification, intrinsically physicochemical properties and good biocompatibility, inorganic nanomaterials have shown great potential in bioimaging, targeted drug delivery and cancer therapies. This Feature Article summarizes recent progress on various inorganic nanocarriers, including the background, synthesis, modification, cytotoxicity, physicochemical properties as well as their applications in biomedicine.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, P. R. China. weimin@mail.buct.edu.cn.
authors: Ruizheng
authors: R
authors: Liang
authors: Min
authors: M
authors: Wei
authors: David G
authors: DG
authors: Evans
authors: Xue
authors: X
authors: Duan
mesh_terms: D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D006878:Hydroxides / Q000737:chemistry; D057054:Molecular Imaging; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D045663:Quantum Dots
chemical_list: D006878:Hydroxides; D006108:Graphite