Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanotechnology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel.
Adv Healthc Mater. 2017 Sep;6(17). doi: 10.1002/adhm.201700574. Epub 2017 Aug 4.
The "carbon nano-world" has made over the past few decades huge contributions in diverse scientific disciplines and technological advances. While dramatic advances have been widely publicized in using carbon nanomaterials such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene in materials sciences, nano-electronics, and photonics, their contributions to biology and biomedicine have been noteworthy as well. This Review focuses on the use of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), graphene, and carbon quantum dots [encompassing graphene quantum dots (GQDs) and carbon dots (C-dots)] in biologically oriented materials and applications. Examples of these remarkable nanomaterials in bio-sensing, cell- and tissue-imaging, regenerative medicine, and other applications are presented and discussed, emphasizing the significance of their unique properties and their future potential.
“碳纳米世界”在过去几十年中为多个科学领域和技术进步做出了巨大贡献。虽然在材料科学、纳米电子学和光子学中广泛宣传了使用富勒烯、碳纳米管和石墨烯等碳纳米材料的显著进展，但它们对生物学和生物医学的贡献也引人注目。这篇综述重点介绍了碳纳米管（CNTs）、石墨烯和碳量子点（包括石墨烯量子点（GQDs）和碳点（C-dots））在面向生物学的材料和应用中的使用。介绍和讨论了这些非凡的纳米材料在生物传感、细胞和组织成像、再生医学和其他应用中的实例，强调了它们独特性质的重要性及其未来潜力。
