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IBS 2DQH Seminar

September 03 2024,  11:00 AM
Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon,School of Pharmacy 530250

Multifunctional 2D materials

Alberto Bianco

           CNRS, Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry, UPR 3572,

University of Strasbourg, ISIS, 67000 Strasbourg, France

Abstract

Graphene and other related two-dimensional materials are considered unique systems for many applications in different fields, including the biomedical domain. They are offering the possibility to explore a wide range of reactions for their chemical functionalization and for the design of complex multifunctional systems that allow further their exploitation in therapy, imaging and diagnosis. In this presentation, I will illustrate the chemical strategies to functionalize two-dimensional nanomaterials with appropriate functional groups and therapeutic molecules in view of their biomedical applications. I will describe few examples of their use in cancer therapy and imaging. I will also present appropriate strategies to enhance the biodegradability and tune the toxic effects of these nanomaterials.

Brief Biography

Dr. Alberto Bianco received his PhD in 1996 from the University of Padova (Italy). As a visiting scientist, he worked at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland), the University of Tübingen (Germany) (as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow), the University of Padova and Kyoto University (Japan). He is currently Distinguished Director at the CNRS in Strasbourg. His research interests focus on the design of multifunctional carbon and 2D nanomaterials for therapy, diagnostics and imaging. He is also interested on their health impact, particularly on the immune system. He has published more than 350 articles (h-index: 95, > 53500 citations). In 2017 he has been elected Fellow of the European Academy of Science and in 2020 of the Academia Europaea, and in 2019 he has obtained the CNRS Silver Medal. Since 2011 he is Editor of the journal CARBON.