Issue 10, 2013

Glyconanotechnology

Abstract

Glyconanotechnology can be seen as the synergy between nanotechnology and glycan related biological and medical problems. This review focuses on the crosstalk of glycoscience and nanotechnology, which will lead to a deeper understanding of glycobiology and to new glyco-materials with improved design and synergistic properties derived from glycoscience concepts for future nanodevices. It is intended to provide the glycoscientist with an application-oriented entry to the possibilities of nanotechnologies for his research. The most recent examples of glyco-nanomaterials as multivalent scaffolds for drug delivery, enzyme inhibition and for vaccine development, glycan functionalized quantum dots and nanoparticles in molecular imaging, biosensors for lectin/glycan detection based on nanomaterials, and new concepts for the affinity separation and analysis using nanomaterials or nanotools are revised.

Graphical abstract: Glyconanotechnology

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
19 Oct 2012
First published
10 Jan 2013

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013,42, 4358-4376

Glyconanotechnology

N. C. Reichardt, M. Martín-Lomas and S. Penadés, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 4358 DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35427F

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