Emerging advancements in MXene polysaccharide bionanoarchitectures and biomedical applications

Abstract

Polymeric bionanoarchitectures have demonstrated to be exceptional multifunctional materials and have attracted great interest as sustainable materials and panacea to multiple challenges. MXene (M-X) has emanated as a new set of 2-D materials capable of producing metallic conductivity when interacting with hydrophilic entities. M-X inherent delamination facilitates single-layer nanosheets of about one nm thickness and lateral size within the micrometric range. M-X delamination results in an elevated aspect ratio, making it a functional nanofiller for the multi-functionalization of polymeric bionanoarchitectures. Therefore, this elucidation is focused on M-X polysaccharide electroactively affiliated hydrogel bionanoarchitectures with special emphasis on M-X chitosan bionanoarchitectures, M-X cellulose bionanoarchitectures, M-X hyaluronic acid, and M-X alginate sodium bionanoarchitectures and their biomedical applications. Herein, the architectural disposition, properties, and multifaceted uses, in addition to challenges and future prospects of these materials, are presented.

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Keywords:

• MXene polymeric bionanoarchitectures
• M-X alginate sodium
• M-X cellulose
• M-X chitosan
• M-X hyaluronic acid bionanoarchitectures
• M-X polysaccharide

Acknowledgments

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria is acknowledged.

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