Two-Dimensional Material-Based Novel Drug Delivery System

The research on nanoscience and technology has unraveled many exciting properties of materials which are markedly different from its bulk phase. The invention of graphene not only gifted an interesting molecule with many new properties; but also it motivated the researchers to work on the whole new set of materials which are atomically thin in one direction. These materials are called 2-dimensional material or 2D material. In this book chapter, our primary area of discussion is on 2D material-based drug delivery. We have classified the 2D materials into six different types namely graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides, MXenes, black phosphorus, hexagonal boron nitride, and graphitic carbon nitirde and briefly discussed its properties. The unique properties like very high surface area, optical tunability, low or no photobleaching, etc., made them attractive theranostic agent. Most of the materials are good contrasting agent. Also, they can exert photodynamic therapy, generate reactive oxygen species, and take advantage of size modification to kill bacterial and cancer cells. Recent research works have been discussed in the current chapter.