The Application of Organic Nanomaterials for Bioimaging, Drug Delivery, and Therapy: Spanning Various Domains
Ming Xu, Wonjun Yim, Jiajing Zhou, Jingcheng Zhou, Zhicheng Jin, Colman Moore, Raina M. Borum, Alec Jorns, Jesse V. Jokerst
Abstract
Organic nanomaterials increasingly generate interest from diverse fields spanning fundamental and clinical research, biotechnology, and nanomedicine. Organic nanomaterials are exceptionally versatile, with applications in several domains: molecular imaging, pharmaceutical formulations, and image-guided therapies. Unlike inorganic nanomaterials, these materials offer distinct advantages, such as facile tunability in composition or surface functionalization, excellent biocompatibility, controlled release, and so on. Here, motivated by the considerable development and application of organic nanomaterials in life science, we summarize recent progress in using organic nanomaterials for bioimaging, drug delivery, and therapy.