MOF-derived Nanoporous Carbon as Intracellular Drug Delivery Carriers

Nagy L. Torad, Yunqi Li, Shinsuke Ishihara, Katsuhiko Ariga, Yuichiro Kamachi, Hong‐Yuan Lian, Hicham Hamoudi, Yoshio Sakka, Watcharop Chaikittisilp, Kevin C.‐W. Wu,

Chemistry Letters · 2014 · 191 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

We prepared nanoporous carbon (NC) particles of approximately 50-nm diameter by direct carbonization of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). The obtained MOF-derived NC (MOF-NC) particles exhibit very high biocompatibility and, hence, are promising as intracellular drug delivery carriers.

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