Carbon-based nanostructured composites for tissue engineering and drug delivery

Abstract

Nanomaterials comprise extraordinary physicochemical and biological properties for therapeutic applications including three-dimensional porous structures as scaffolds for tissue engineering and as controlled release drug/gen delivery vehicles due to their small size, large surface area, and ability to interact with cells/tissues. Carbon-based nanostructures such as graphene, carbon nanotube, and nanodiamond have attracted both academic and industrial interest because they improve the chemical, mechanical, and biological properties to cellular adhesion tendency of different natural and synthetic polymers in bioapplication. This review covers the fabrication technique of carbon nanostructures and the development of carbon-based nanostructured polymer composites for application in drug/gen delivery and tissue engineering.

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Keywords:

• Carbon nanostructures
• drug delivery
• polymer composite
• tissue engineering