Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lin, Li‐Sen
• Song, Jibin
• Yang, Huang‐Hao
• Chen, Xiaoyuan

Titel

Yolk–Shell Nanostructures: Design, Synthesis, and Biomedical Applications

Ist Teil von

• Advanced materials (Weinheim), 2018-02, Vol.30 (6), p.n/a

Ort / Verlag

Germany: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Yolk–shell nanostructures (YSNs) composed of a core within a hollow cavity surrounded by a porous outer shell have received tremendous research interest owing to their unique structural features, fascinating physicochemical properties, and widespread potential applications. Here, a comprehensive overview of the design, synthesis, and biomedical applications of YSNs is presented. The synthetic strategies toward YSNs are divided into four categories, including hard‐templating, soft‐templating, self‐templating, and multimethod combination synthesis. For the hard‐ or soft‐templating strategies, different types of rigid or vesicle templates are used for making YSNs. For the self‐templating strategy, a number of unconventional synthetic methods without additional templates are introduced. For the multimethod combination strategy, various methods are applied together to produce YSNs that cannot be obtained directly by only a single method. The biomedical applications of YSNs including biosensing, bioimaging, drug/gene delivery, and cancer therapy are discussed in detail. Moreover, the potential superiority of YSNs for these applications is also highlighted. Finally, some perspectives on the future research and development of YSNs are provided. Yolk–shell nanostructures (YSNs) attract increasing attention because of their unique structural features, fascinating physicochemical properties, and widespread potential applications. Various strategies for the fabrication of yolk–shell nanostructures, such as hard‐, soft‐, and self‐templating and multimethod combination synthesis, are discussed in detail. The biomedical applications of YSNs including biosensing, bioimaging, drug/gene delivery, and cancer therapy are also presented.