Recent advances in modification of novel carbon-based composites: Synthesis, properties, and biotechnological/biomedical applications

Nowadays, carbon-based materials owing to great interest in biomedical science/biotechnology and applied for effective diagnosis and treatment of disease. To enhance the effectiveness of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)/graphene-based materials for bio-medical science/technology applications, different kinds of surface modification/func-tionalization were developed for the attachment of metal oxides nanostructures, biomolecules and polymers. The attachment of pharmaceutical agents with CNTs/graphene, make it a favorable candidate in research field of bio-medical science/technology applications. Surface modified/functionalized CNTs and graphene derivatives ma-terials integrated with pharmaceutical agents has been developed for the purpose of cancer therapy, antibacterial action, pathogens bio detection, drug and gene delivery. Surface modification or functionalization of CNT/ graphene materials provides good platform for pharmaceutical agents attachment with improved surface Raman scattering, fluorescence and its quenching capability. Graphene-based biosensing and bioimaging technologies are widely applied to identify numerous trace level analytes. These fluorescent and electrochemical sensors are utilized primarily for detecting organic, inorganic, and biomolecules. In this article, we highlights and sum-marized overview of the current research progress concerned on the CNTs/graphene-based materials as a new generation materials for detection and treatment of diseases.

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Nowadays, carbon-based materials have gained great interest in biomedical science and biotechnology for effective diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Surface modification/functionalization of carbon nanotubes (CNTs)/graphene-based materials allows them to be used in various bio-medical applications, such as cancer therapy, antibacterial action, drug delivery, and bioimaging. Graphene-based biosensing technology is widely employed for detecting organic, inorganic, and biomolecules. This article provides an overview of the current research progress on CNTs/graphene-based materials as a new generation of materials for disease detection and treatment.