单原子材料类酶催化及生物医学应用研究进展

纳米酶因其经济、 稳定、 性质可调和可循环利用等诸多优势, 成功地克服了天然酶在实际应用中的不足. 单原子材料的出现使得对纳米酶的研究迈入原子水平, 其较高的原子利用率、 独特的配位环境和较强的金属-载体相互作用为揭示纳米酶构效关系及调控类酶活性提供了可能. 本文总结了近年来单原子材料类酶催化的研究进展, 重点讨论了单原子材料类酶活性的调控策略和催化机理, 概述了单原子类酶材料在癌症治疗、 抗氧化治疗、 抗菌以及生物传感等方面的应用, 并对单原子类酶材料的发展前景进行了展望.     

Regulating the Oil-Water Interface to Construct Double Emulsions: Current Understanding and Their Biomedical Applications

Double emulsions have been extensively used in scientific researches and industrial applications due to their attractive unique feature of multiple phases. However, constructing droplets with such a complex structure is not a simple task for all time. The simultaneous existence of two contradictory interfaces makes it hard to prepare stable double emulsions in principle and in practice. Over the past century, tremendous efforts have been devoted by myriads of scientists to make progresses in both theory and preparation of double emulsions. In this review, the current understanding of double emulsions is systematically revealed. In addition to emphasizing the corresponding pioneer and landmark works as many as possible, the state-of-the-art achievements will also be discussed. By regulating the oil-water interface with smartly designed interface-active agents in combination with varying the phase volume fractions, the basic theory framework based on the phase inversion from simple emulsions to double emulsions is also summarized. Technical preparation strategies of emulsification are introduced to show the building process of the two contradictory interfaces in one system. Furthermore, some specific biomedical applications of double emulsions are also discussed, which is expected to stimulate further innovation and utilization of double emulsions.     

Graphdiyne:from Preparation to Biomedical Applications

Graphdiyne(GDY)is a kind of two-dimensional carbon nanomaterial with specific configurations of sp and sp2 carbon atoms.The key progress in the preparation and application of GDY is bringing carbon materials to a brand-new level.Here,the various properties and structures of GDY are introduced,including the existing strategies for the preparation and modification of GDY.In particular,GDY has gradually emerged in the field of life sciences with its unique properties and performance,therefore,the development of biomedical applications of GDY is further summarized.Finally,the challenges of GDY toward future biomedical applications are discussed.     

Recent advances in wavefront shaping techniques for biomedical applications

Due to the highly inhomogeneous distributions of refractive indexes, light propagation in complex media such as biological tissue experiences multiple light scattering events. The suppression and control of multiple light scattering events are investigated because they offer the possibility of optical focusing and imaging through biological tissues, and they may open new avenues for diagnosis and treatment of several human diseases. In order to provide insight into how new optical techniques can address the issues of multiple light scattering in biomedical applications, the recent progress in optical wavefront-shaping techniques is summarized.     

肽基超分子胶体

肽基超分子胶体是基于肽分子间超分子作用,自发形成且具有有序分子排布及规整结构,兼具传统胶体及超分子特性的组装体系。利用超分子弱相互作用构筑功能性胶体,不仅是人们对生命组装进程深入理解的有效手段,也是实现优异的超分子材料的重要途径。肽分子具有组成明确、性能可调、生物安全性高及可降解等优势,是超分子化学、胶体与界面化学领域重要的组装基元。基于肽的超分子自组装,能够实现多尺度、多功能的生物胶体的构筑,被广泛应用于医药、催化、能源等领域。如何通过对肽序列的设计及分子间作用力的调控,实现对胶体结构和功能的精确控制,是近年来研究的重要课题之一。从分子尺度研究和揭示超分子胶体的组装过程及物理化学机制,探究胶体结构与功能的关系,是实现超分子结构和功能化的重要内容。本文基于"分子间作用的调控"及"结构与功能的关系"两个基本科学问题,系统地综述了肽基超分子胶体的组装机制、结构与功能,以及研究现状。     

Recent Advance of Tellurium for Biomedical Applications

Tellurium(Te) nanomaterials have aroused a wide interest in semiconductor, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, as well as biomedical applications. The last decades of reports indicated a major nanostructure of one-dimensional (1D) Te on account of its inherent structural anisotropy. Two-dimenional(2D) Te has been newly developed and drawn a lot of interests recently. This review presents the intrinsic biological potential of Te-based nanomaterials and summarizes their up-to-date advance in phototherapy and reactive oxygen species(ROS)-related applications in the biomedical field.     

Progress in hydrogels for sensing applications: a review

There are several developments taking place in the field of sensors driven by the world today requirements. One of the most important novelties of the last two decades in the field is represented by the hydrogel-based sensors which constitute a wide family of innovative smart sensing devices relevant for many different applications. Hydrogels in fact are hydrophilic, biocompatible and highly water swellable polymer networks able to convert chemical energy into mechanical energy, with the great peculiarity to be able to respond to external stimuli. These characteristics have ensured them considerable recognition as valuable tool for smart sensing and diagnostics. The aim of this review is to focus on the advances obtained in the field in the last ten years.     

Advances in the scaffolds fabrication techniques using biocompatible polymers and their biomedical application: A technical and statistical review

With the advancement in tissue engineering, researchers are working hard on new techniques to fabricate more advanced scaffolds from biocompatible polymers with enhanced porosity, appropriate mechanical strength, diverse shapes and sizes for potential applications in biomedical field in general and tissue engineering in particular. These techniques include electrospinning, solution blow spinning, centrifugal spinning, particulate leaching (salt leaching), freeze-drying, lithography, self-assembly, phase separation, gas foaming, melt molding, 3-D printing, fiber mesh and solvent casting. In this article we have summarized the scaffold’s fabrication techniques from biocompatible polymers that are reported so far, the recent advances in these techniques, characterization of the physicochemical properties of scaffolds and their potential applications in the biomedical field and tissue engineering. The article will help both newcomers and experts working in the biomedical implant fabrication to not only find their desired information in one document but also understand the fabrication techniques and the parameters that control the success of biocompatible polymeric scaffolds. Furthermore, a static analysis of the work published in all forms on the most innovative techniques is also presented. The data is taken from Scopus, restricting the search to biomedical fields and tissue engineering.