Polydopamine-based nanoreactors: synthesis and applications in bioscience and energy materials
- Polydopamine (PDA)-based nanoreactors have shown exceptional promise as multifunctional materials due to their nanoscale dimensions and sub-microliter volumes for reactions of different systems. Biocompatibility, abundance of active sites, and excellent photothermal conversion have facilitated their extensive use in bioscience and energy storage/conversion. This minireview summarizes recent advances in PDA-based nanoreactors, as applied to the abovementioned fields. We first highlight the design and synthesis of functional PDA-based nanoreactors with structural and compositional diversity. Special emphasis in bioscience has been given to drug/protein delivery, photothermal therapy, and antibacterial properties, while for energy-related applications, the focus is on electrochemical energy storage, catalysis, and solar energy harvesting. In addition, perspectives on pressing challenges and future research opportunities regarding PDA-based nanoreactors are discussed.
Author details: | Shilin MeiGND, Xiaohui Xu, Rodney D. PriestleyORCiD, Yan LuORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc04486e |
ISSN: | 2041-6520 |
ISSN: | 2041-6539 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34094435 |
Title of parent work (English): | Chemical science |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Place of publishing: | Cambridge |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2020/10/21 |
Publication year: | 2020 |
Release date: | 2023/10/10 |
Volume: | 11 |
Issue: | 45 |
Number of pages: | 13 |
First page: | 12269 |
Last Page: | 12281 |
Funding institution: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)German; Research Foundation (DFG) [410871749]; Princeton Presidential; Postdoctoral Fellowship Program; NSF PFI GrantNational Science; Foundation (NSF)NSF - Directorate for Engineering (ENG) [IIP - 1827506] |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie |
DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Gold Open-Access |
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License (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerziell, Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 Deutschland |