Abstract
This article reviews the use of silica, alumina and calcium phosphate-based nanostructured materials with biomedical applications. A short introduction on the use of the materials in Science, Nanotechnology and Health is included followed by a revision of each of the selected materials. A description of the principal synthetic methods used in the preparation of the materials in nanostructured form is included. The most widely used applications in biomedicine are reviewed including, for example drug-delivery, bone regeneration, imaging, sensoring amongst others. Finally, a short description of the toxicity and cytotoxicity associated with each of the materials of this revision is presented. This short literature revision serves to demonstrate the very promising future ahead of nanosystems based on silica, alumina and calcium phosphate for biological and biomedical applications.
Keywords: Nanoparticles, silica, alumina, calcium phosphate, drug-delivery, biomedical.
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:A Short Overview on the Biomedical Applications of Silica, Alumina and Calcium Phosphate-based Nanostructured Materials
Volume: 23 Issue: 39
Author(s): Younes Ellahioui, Sanjiv Prashar and Santiago Gómez-Ruiz
Affiliation:
- Departamento de Biología y Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Calle Tulipán, s/n, E-28933, Móstoles (Madrid), Spain.,Spain
Keywords: Nanoparticles, silica, alumina, calcium phosphate, drug-delivery, biomedical.
Abstract: This article reviews the use of silica, alumina and calcium phosphate-based nanostructured materials with biomedical applications. A short introduction on the use of the materials in Science, Nanotechnology and Health is included followed by a revision of each of the selected materials. A description of the principal synthetic methods used in the preparation of the materials in nanostructured form is included. The most widely used applications in biomedicine are reviewed including, for example drug-delivery, bone regeneration, imaging, sensoring amongst others. Finally, a short description of the toxicity and cytotoxicity associated with each of the materials of this revision is presented. This short literature revision serves to demonstrate the very promising future ahead of nanosystems based on silica, alumina and calcium phosphate for biological and biomedical applications.
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Ellahioui Younes, Prashar Sanjiv and Gómez-Ruiz Santiago, A Short Overview on the Biomedical Applications of Silica, Alumina and Calcium Phosphate-based Nanostructured Materials, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2016; 23(39) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867323666161024153459
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867323666161024153459 |
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