Applications of LDHs to Biomedicine: State of the Art and Future Challenges
摘要
In recent years, nanomaterials based on Layered Double Hydroxides (LDHs) have received great attention from biomedical research owing to their physicochemical properties, high biocompatibility, as well as cellular absorption and environmental sensitivity. This work briefly presents various growth techniques of LDHs, focusing the attention on how they can be modified and functionalized for biomedical applications, in particular bone generation, therapy, targeted and controlled release of drugs, gene release, ophthalmic activities, and bio-imaging.