Issue 31, 2020

Chemoreactive nanomedicine

Abstract

Triggering specific chemical reactions in the disease microenvironment can produce species for disease treatment that have high theranostic performance and low side effects on healthy cells/tissues. Emerging chemoreactive nanomedicine employs nanotechnology to enable the occurrence and/or enhance the rate/efficiency of in situ chemical reactions to satisfy the strict requirements of versatile biomedical applications. This perspective discusses the four essential factors that play roles in the theranostic performance, including nanoreactants, nanoproducts, nanocatalysts and reaction conditions. The design and fabrication principles/strategies for diverse nanosystems and optimization methodologies for reaction conditions in chemoreactive nanomedicine are summarized and discussed alongside the most representative paradigms available. The explored versatile biomedical applications of chemoreactive nanomedicine are clarified, such as tumor therapy, bioimaging, tissue regeneration and antibacterial properties. Finally, this perspective clarifies the difficulties/challenges faced and provides an outlook detailing the future developments/prospects of this intriguing chemoreactive nanomedicine for future clinical translations.

Graphical abstract: Chemoreactive nanomedicine

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
17 Febr. 2020
Accepted
07 Apr. 2020
First published
07 Apr. 2020

J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020,8, 6753-6764

Chemoreactive nanomedicine

W. Feng and Y. Chen, J. Mater. Chem. B, 2020, 8, 6753 DOI: 10.1039/D0TB00436G

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