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Microcarriers: Luminescent Silicon Diatom Replicas: Self‐Reporting and Degradable Drug Carriers with Biologically Derived Shape for Sustained Delivery of Therapeutics (Adv. Funct. Mater. 32/2015)
Author(s) -
Maher Shaheer,
Alsawat Mohammed,
Kumeria Tushar,
Fathalla Dina,
Fetih Gihan,
Santos Abel,
Habib Fawzia,
Losic Dusan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201570218
Subject(s) - materials science , microcarrier , luminescence , drug delivery , silicon , diatom , nanotechnology , porous silicon , drug carrier , optoelectronics , cell culture , botany , biology , genetics
A. Santos, D. Losic, and co‐workers demonstrate on page 5107 the preparation of luminescent silicon diatom replicas with unique porous microcapsule structures, by conversion from silica diatoms using a reduction process. These silicon diatoms are biodegradable and have intrinsic luminescence, sensing and drug‐releasing properties which make them outstanding candidates for low‐cost micro‐carriers for drug delivery, theranostics, and guided micro‐robotic devices.