Application of graphene in biomedicine
WEI Li-jun
CAO Jun-kai
Abstract：With the development of biomedical applications,graphene has become a new generation of biomaterial.It is a class of nanomaterial with a single atom atomic thickness and two-dimensional honeycomb network structure.Its appearance attracted the attention of the whole scientific community and quickly became the most widely studied carbonic material.Since 2004,graphene and its derivatives (graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide) have been increasingly valued by the biomedical community because of their unique optical,mechanical,electronic,thermal and magnetic properties.For example,graphene oxide is a water-soluble derivative of graphene,which has achieved extensive studies in the field of biotechnology due to their multivalent functionalization and high efficient surface loading with various biomolecules.This biocompatible carbonic material can promote stem cells growth and induce their differentiation into a variety of cell lineages.In addition,the ability of graphene to promote osteoblast differentiation has made it an emerging material for bone regeneration research.This paper reviews the recent advances of graphene and graphene oxide in the studies and applications of biological area.
Keywords：graphenegraphene oxidebiomaterialosteogenic differentiation
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 360-364 )