Potential applications nanomedicines, development

Given the success of our approach in designing experimentally viable nanomaterials, we believe that the coming years would see the use of this approach in the development of novel nanosystems with potential applications in pharmaceuticals, optics, opto-electronics, information storage, sensors, biotechnology, nanomedicine, nanofluidics, and nanoelectronics. Furthermore, it would also provide vital information on the methods needed to harness these nanosystems as machines and devices and provide an increased understanding of the science behind most nanoscale processes. 

Dendrimers have attracted considerable attention since their discovery three decades ago [1 3], Potential applications involve supramolecular properties [11] in the fields of nanomedicine [29], materials science [4-13] and catalysis [16, 30, 38 3], Since the late 1980s, we have focused our attention on metallodendrimers [14, 44] with the aim to develop knowledge concerning redox properties that are useful for redox sensing and catalysis as well as for the design of molecular batteries. In this microreview article, we will illustrate the design of our recent smes of metallodendrimers and some of their properties and applications. 

Recently, a new approach using enzymes to modify material (or nanomaterial) surfaces has been developed. This approach utilizes enzymatic hydrolysis or degradation to mildly etch the material surfaces and thus CTeate desirable surface structures or properties [45]. Many polymers, including polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyaayloni-trile, polyethylene terephthalate, and polyamides, have been modified by this method. In a recent study, PVC tubes were soaked in Rhizopus arrhizus lipase to create nanometer surface features that exhibited antibacterial properties [60]. Enzymatic modification demonstrates great potential and promise for biomedical and nanomedicine applications due to its biocompatible, environmentally friendly, and simple process. 

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