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Recent Advances in Synthesis and Biomedical Applications of Two‐Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanosheets
Author(s) -
Li Xiao,
Shan Jingyang,
Zhang Weizhen,
Su Shao,
Yuwen Lihui,
Wang Lianhui
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201602660
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , biomedicine , materials science , cancer therapy , nanomaterials , graphene , scope (computer science) , drug delivery , computer science , cancer , bioinformatics , medicine , biology , programming language
During recent decades, a giant leap in the development of nanotechnology has been witnessed. Numerous nanomaterials with different dimensions and unprecedented features have been developed and provided unimaginably wide scope to solve the challenging problems in biomedicine, such as cancer diagnosis and therapy. Recently, two‐dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) nanosheets (NSs), including MoS 2 , WS 2 , and etc., have emerged as novel inorganic graphene analogues and attracted tremendous attention due to their unique structures and distinctive properties, and opened up great opportunities for biomedical applications, including ultrasensitive biosensing, biological imaging, drug delivery, cancer therapy, and antibacterial treatment. A comprehensive overview of different synthetic methods of ultrathin 2D TMDC NSs and their state‐of‐the‐art biomedical applications, especially those that have appeared in the past few years, is presented. At the end of this review, the future opportunities and challenges for 2D TMDC NSs in biomedicine are also discussed.