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Graphene for Biomedical Applications

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Graphene has attracted extensive attention in the field for biomedicine in recent years, due to its fine compatibility and extremely large surface area to accommodate a large amount of therapeutic agents, as well as the possibilities to serve for photothermal or photodynamic therapy on its own. In addition, its wide applications in biomedicine triggered massive investigations on its toxicity and biological activities as culturing substrates. In this chapter, we will survey the emerging applications of graphene and its related derivatives in the field of biology and medicine, including drug delivery, therapeutics, imaging and sensing, as well as cell culture substrates and antibacterial performance.

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Ma, Y., Huang, J., Shen, H., Zhang, M., Song, S., Zhang, Z. (2016). Graphene for Biomedical Applications. In: Zhang, M., Naik, R., Dai, L. (eds) Carbon Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications. Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22861-7_8

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