BACKGROUND Graphene oxide (GO) is a promising nanomaterial for potential application in the versatile field of biomedicine. Graphene-based nanomaterials have been reported to modulate the functionality of immune cells in culture and to induce pulmonary inflammation in mice. Evidence pertaining to the interaction between graphene-based nanomaterials and the immune system in vivo remains scarce. ...

Approaches to the formation of molecularly and atomically thin solid shells based on the transformation of thin planar films into more functional 3D precise shells are outlined. In the overview part of the present work several examples are given illustrating the possibility to obtain in bent films new effects never observed in planar films and to fabricate new nanomaterials from highly – ordere...

Graphene, a single-layer carbon crystal, is attracting increasing attention from the physical, chemical, and biomedical fields as a novel nanomaterial with many exceptional features including excellent electrical conductivity, high surface-tovolume ratio, remarkable mechanical strength, and biocompatibility. Recently, functionalized graphene has been successfully used inmany biomedical and bioa...

The functionalization of carbon based nanomaterials could have applications in atmospheric chemistry and contaminants removal. In this work, a quantum chemistry and computational kinetics study has been performed on the OH radical addition to ethylene previously adsorbed on a model surface of graphene. Rate constants are calculated and compared with the ethylene + OH gas phase reaction, for whi...

Graphene based 2D nanomaterials have attracted increasing attention in biosensing application due to the outstanding physicochemical properties of graphene. In this work, palladium nanoparticles (Pd) loaded reduced graphene oxide (rGO) hybrid (rGO-Pd) was synthesized through a facile method. Laccase (Lac) was immobilized on rGO-Pd by utilizing the self-polymerization of dopamine, which generate...

Nanomaterials are widely used in cosmetics, foods and medicinal products for improved performance. In addition, various nanomaterials are under development for different biomedical applications. However, it is gradually becoming evident that many of the nanomaterials can induce substantial inflammation. For example, it is shown that metal and metal oxide nanoparticles generate oxidative stress ...

Recent advances in nanotechnologies have led to wide use of nanomaterials in biomedical field. However, nanoparticles are found to interfere with protein misfolding and aggregation associated with many human diseases. It is still a controversial issue whether nanoparticles inhibit or promote protein aggregation. In this study, we used molecular dynamics simulations to explore the effects of thr...

The unique properties of graphene and carbon nanotubes made them the most promising nanomaterials attracting enormous attention, due to the prospects for applications in various nanodevices, from nanoelectronics to sensors and energy conversion devices. Here we report on a novel deterministic, single-step approach to simultaneous production and magnetic separation of graphene flakes and carbon ...