Recent Advance of Tellurium for Biomedical Applications

Tellurium(Te) nanomaterials have aroused a wide interest in semiconductor, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, as well as biomedical applications. The last decades of reports indicated a major nanostructure of one-dimensional (1D) Te on account of its inherent structural anisotropy. Two-dimenional(2D) Te has been newly developed and drawn a lot of interests recently. This review presents the intrinsic biological potential of Te-based nanomaterials and summarizes their up-to-date advance in phototherapy and reactive oxygen species(ROS)-related applications in the biomedical field.