TY - JOUR
T1 - Graphene-encapsulated materials: Synthesis, applications and trends
AU - Morales-Narváez, Eden
AU - Sgobbi, Lívia Florio
AU - Machado, Sergio Antonio Spinola
AU - Merkoçi, Arben
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Graphene-based materials (GBM) are an exceptional type of materials that offer unprecedented application capabilities to the scientific and technologic community. The encapsulation of different materials such as drugs, nanoparticles, polymers, oxides and cells by GBM is leading to outstanding hybrid materials with unprecedented behaviours promising a myriad of advantageous applications, including micro/nanomotors, biosensing platforms, bio/imaging agents, drug delivery systems, potential tumour treatment alternatives, environmental remediation platforms, advanced batteries and novel supercapacitors. We present an overview on graphene-encapsulated materials and their most important synthesis pathways. In addition, we explore the synergistic functionalities provided by these composites and highlight the state-of-the-art related to energy, environmental and bio-applications, among others. Finally, we discuss their challenges and future outlooks.
AB - © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Graphene-based materials (GBM) are an exceptional type of materials that offer unprecedented application capabilities to the scientific and technologic community. The encapsulation of different materials such as drugs, nanoparticles, polymers, oxides and cells by GBM is leading to outstanding hybrid materials with unprecedented behaviours promising a myriad of advantageous applications, including micro/nanomotors, biosensing platforms, bio/imaging agents, drug delivery systems, potential tumour treatment alternatives, environmental remediation platforms, advanced batteries and novel supercapacitors. We present an overview on graphene-encapsulated materials and their most important synthesis pathways. In addition, we explore the synergistic functionalities provided by these composites and highlight the state-of-the-art related to energy, environmental and bio-applications, among others. Finally, we discuss their challenges and future outlooks.
KW - Biomedicine
KW - Composite materials
KW - Energy
KW - Environment
KW - Imaging
KW - Nanomaterials
U2 - 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2017.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2017.01.001
M3 - Review article
SN - 0079-6425
VL - 86
SP - 1
EP - 24
JO - Progress in Materials Science
JF - Progress in Materials Science
ER -