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Tungsten Disulfide-Based Materials and Their Conjugates for Cancer Photothermal...

Cancer remains one of the most critical global health issues. Conventional treatments, such as radiotherapy, surgery, or chemotherapy, have limitations, especially concerning side effects, resistance, and recurrence. Consequently, new innovative treatments to overcome these problems are needed. Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a promising alternative that uses photothermal agents that convert near-infrared light (...

Fabrication and antimicrobial performance of surfaces integrating graphene-base...

Although graphene-based materials (GBMs) have been thoroughly explored, their use in antimicrobial surfaces is still a developing field. This review overviews the different methods for fabricating GBMs-containing surfaces (free-standing films, coatings or bulk composites) and their antibacterial properties. The difficulty in controlling the broad number of factors affecting interactions between GBMs and bacteri...

Biocompatible reinforcement of poly(Lactic acid) with graphene nanoplatelets

A recently made available form of graphene nanoplatelets (GNP-C) is investigated for the first time as reinforcement filler for PLA. GNP-C, with thickness of about 2 nm and length 1-2 m, was incorporated at different loadings (0.1-0.5 wt%) in poly(lactic acid) (PLA) by melt blending. The effect of varying mixing time and mixing intensity was studied and the best conditions were identified, corresponding to mixi...

Graphene-based materials biocompatibility: A review

Graphene-based materials (GBMs) have broad potential applications in biomedical engineering and biotechnology. However, existing studies regarding biological effects of GBMs often present contradictory or inconclusive results. This work presents a review of published data in order to provide a critical overview of the state of the art. Firstly, the distinct physical-chemical nature of the GBMs available is clar...

On the seismic behaviour of RC frames designed according to Eurocode 8