Hierarchical Two-Dimensional Layered Double Hydroxide Coated Polydopamine Nanocarriers for Combined Chemodynamic and Photothermal Tumor Therapy

Layered Double Hydroxide-Based Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery

Biocompatible clay materials have attracted particular attention as the efficient drug delivery systems (DDS). In this article, we review developments in the use of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) for controlled drug release and delivery. We show how advances in the ability to synthesize intercalated structures have a significant influence on the development of new applications of these materi...

Polydopamine Nanoparticles for Combined Chemo- and Photothermal Cancer Therapy

Cancer therapy with two different modalities can enhance treatment efficacy and reduce side effects. This paper describes a new method for combined chemo- and photothermal therapy of cancer using poly dopamine nanoparticles (PDA-NPs), where PDA-NPs serve not only as a photothermal agent with strong near infrared absorbance and high energy conversion efficiency, but also as a carrier to deliver ...

Polymer Coated CaAl-Layered Double Hydroxide Nanomaterials for Potential Calcium Supplement

We have successfully prepared layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanomaterials containing calcium and aluminum ions in the framework (CaAl-LDH). The surface of CaAl-LDH was coated with enteric polymer, Eudragit®L 100 in order to protect nanomaterials from fast dissolution under gastric condition of pH 1.2. The X-ray diffraction patterns, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron an...

Amine-functionalized SiO2 nanodot-coated layered double hydroxide nanocomposites for enhanced gene delivery

Hollow nanoshell of layered double hydroxide.

Hollow nanoshells of layered double hydroxide (LDH) have been fabricated using exfoliated LDH nanosheets as a shell building block and polystyrene beads as a sacrificial template.