sophisticated multifunctional smart materials capable of molecular recognition,
adsorbents, and drug delivery, including cancer treatments.
Cyclodextrins (CDs), as the supramolecules with good water solubility and high
biocompatibility, have been found to be ideal candidates to be conjugated to CNMs,
toward combining their most promising features. Linking CDs to CNMs is considered to enable the introduction of some desired activity, and new features to the
resultant nanostructures, as well as the improvement of the physicochemical or
biological properties of pristine CNMs. The number of articles within this area of
research is still growing, and new interesting materials are obtained. This part
focuses on recent advances in the synthesis and application of the conjugates of
CNMs and CDs in sensors, adsorption, and drug delivery.
15.2.1 Molecular Recognition by Electrochemical and Luminescent
Sensors
CNMs can be considered as promising materials to be used for molecular recognition by electrochemical and luminescent sensors. A significant number of
quantum dots
noble metal nanoparticles
carbon nanomaterials
magnetic nanomaterials
molecular
recognition
adsorptionseparation
drug delivery
Fig. 1 Scheme of the representation of selected cyclodextrin hybrid inorganic nanocomposites and
their applications
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adsorbents, and drug delivery, including cancer treatments.
Cyclodextrins (CDs), as the supramolecules with good water solubility and high
biocompatibility, have been found to be ideal candidates to be conjugated to CNMs,
toward combining their most promising features. Linking CDs to CNMs is considered to enable the introduction of some desired activity, and new features to the
resultant nanostructures, as well as the improvement of the physicochemical or
biological properties of pristine CNMs. The number of articles within this area of
research is still growing, and new interesting materials are obtained. This part
focuses on recent advances in the synthesis and application of the conjugates of
CNMs and CDs in sensors, adsorption, and drug delivery.
15.2.1 Molecular Recognition by Electrochemical and Luminescent
Sensors
CNMs can be considered as promising materials to be used for molecular recognition by electrochemical and luminescent sensors. A significant number of
quantum dots
noble metal nanoparticles
carbon nanomaterials
magnetic nanomaterials
molecular
recognition
adsorptionseparation
drug delivery
Fig. 1 Scheme of the representation of selected cyclodextrin hybrid inorganic nanocomposites and
their applications
15 Cyclodextrin Hybrid Inorganic Nanocomposites for Molecular Recognition. . .
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