Issue 47, 2016

When biomolecules meet graphene: from molecular level interactions to material design and applications

Abstract

Graphene-based materials have attracted increasing attention due to their atomically-thick two-dimensional structures, high conductivity, excellent mechanical properties, and large specific surface areas. The combination of biomolecules with graphene-based materials offers a promising method to fabricate novel graphene–biomolecule hybrid nanomaterials with unique functions in biology, medicine, nanotechnology, and materials science. In this review, we focus on a summarization of the recent studies in functionalizing graphene-based materials using different biomolecules, such as DNA, peptides, proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates, and viruses. The different interactions between graphene and biomolecules at the molecular level are demonstrated and discussed in detail. In addition, the potential applications of the created graphene–biomolecule nanohybrids in drug delivery, cancer treatment, tissue engineering, biosensors, bioimaging, energy materials, and other nanotechnological applications are presented. This review will be helpful to know the modification of graphene with biomolecules, understand the interactions between graphene and biomolecules at the molecular level, and design functional graphene-based nanomaterials with unique properties for various applications.

Graphical abstract: When biomolecules meet graphene: from molecular level interactions to material design and applications

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
13 Sep 2016
Accepted
08 Nov 2016
First published
09 Nov 2016

Nanoscale, 2016,8, 19491-19509

When biomolecules meet graphene: from molecular level interactions to material design and applications

D. Li, W. Zhang, X. Yu, Z. Wang, Z. Su and G. Wei, Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 19491 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR07249F

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