title: The applications of conductive nanomaterials in the biomedical field.
abstract: As their name suggests, conductive nanomaterials (CNMs) are a type of functional materials, which not only have a high surface area to volume ratio, but also possess excellent conductivity. Thus far, CNMs have been widely used in biomedical applications, such as effectively transferring electrical signals, and providing a large surface area to adsorb proteins and induce cellular functions. Recent works propose further applications of CNMs in biosensors, tissue engineering, neural probes, and drug delivery. This review focuses on common types of CNMs and elaborates on their unique properties, which indicate that such CNMs have a potential to develop into a class of indispensable biomaterials for the diagnosis and therapy of human diseases.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
authors.forename: Tianxiao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
authors.forename: Lianwen
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721.
authors.forename: Katerina E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Aifantis
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China.
authors.forename: Yubo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of New Ceramic and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
authors.forename: Qingling
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of New Ceramic and Fine Processing, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
authors.forename: Fuzhai
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Materials and Engineering, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-8586, Japan.
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Watari
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000379:methods*; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D006801:Humans; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D023822:Tissue Engineering
keywords: biosensor; conductive nanomaterials; drug delivery; neural probe; tissue engineering