Nanotechnology-driven chemistry of boron materials

作者：Chakrabarti Amartya; Hosmane Narayan S^*

来源：Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2012, 84(11): 2299-2308.

DOI：10.1351/PAC-CON-12-01-05

• biomedical applications
• boron
• boron nanomaterials
• boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT)
• carboranes
• magnetic nanoparticles

The chemistry and reactivity of carborane-appended magnetic nanoparticles and boron-based nanomaterials are briefly reviewed with an emphasis on our contribution to this field. The carborane-appended magnetic nanoparticles exhibited great potential to be useful in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). A facile route to synthesize boron nanorods (BNRs) and boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) is also demonstrated. While functionalized BNRs and BNNTs have been successfully prepared, the derivatives of BNNTs were investigated as potential carriers for BNCT.

• 出版日期2012