Advances in Biomedical Applications of Carbon Nanoparticles

Dear Colleagues,

Biomaterials have become a relevant element in biomedicine, along with their numerous applications in preclinical and clinical environments. The high ratio of the surface atoms of nanosystems allows them to modify their physicochemical properties, emerging as promising tools in important research fields. Among them, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) hold great potential for improving the management of numerous pathologies and the solving of specific problems that has not been achievable using classical approaches. CNTs have the attractive ability of penetrating cell membranes, and their potential functionalization with almost any biomolecule or compound allows them to target cells and deliver drugs under the appropriate environmental stimuli. This characteristic makes CNTs ideal platforms, with diagnostic, therapeutic, and theranostic possibilities not accessible for other nanoparticles. Furthermore, in the new promising area of artificial biomaterial generation, nanotubes offer great opportunities and are studied as supports in nanocomposite materials, improving their mechanical and electrical properties, or may even be directly used as scaffolds in body tissue manufacturing.

In this Special Issue, the biomedical and preclinical applications of carbon nanotubes will be highlighted and discussed.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Prof. Dr. Pilar López-Larrubia
Guest Editor

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• carbon nanotubes
• nanomedicine
• preclinical applications
• imaging
• cell targeting
• drug delivery
• theragnotic compounds
• tissue engineering
• biosensors
• cancer
• neurodegeneration