Hydrogen-bonded silicene nanosheets of engineered bandgap and selective degradability for photodynamic therapy.
Bandgap engineering
Degradability
Hydrogenation
Photodynamic therapy
Silicene
Journal
Biomaterials
ISSN: 1878-5905
Titre abrégé: Biomaterials
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 8100316
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2021
11 2021
Historique:
received:
14
08
2021
revised:
27
09
2021
accepted:
30
09
2021
pubmed:
16
10
2021
medline:
16
11
2021
entrez:
15
10
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Silicon, a highly biocompatible and ubiquitous chemical element in living systems, exhibits great potentials in biomedical applications. However, the silicon-based nanomaterials such as silica and porous silicon have been largely limited to only serving as carriers for delivery systems, due to the lack of intrinsic functionalities of silicon. This work presents the facile construction of a two-dimensional (2D) hydrogen-bonded silicene (H-silicene) nanosystem which is highlighted with tunable bandgap and selective degradability for tumor-specific photodynamic therapy facilely by surface covalent modification of hydrogen atoms. Briefly, the H-silicene nanosheet material is selectively degradable in normal neutral tissues but rather stable in the mildly acidic tumor microenvironment (TME) for achieving efficient photodynamic therapy (PDT). Such a 2D hydrogen-bonded silicene nanosystem featuring the tunable bandgap and tumor-selective degradability provides a new paradigm for the application of multi-functional two-dimensional silicon-based biomaterials towards the diagnosis and treatments of cancer and other diseases.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34653935
pii: S0142-9612(21)00529-9
doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121172
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Hydrogen
7YNJ3PO35Z
Silicon
Z4152N8IUI
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
121172Informations de copyright
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