MOF-derived Nanoporous Carbon as Intracellular Drug Delivery Carriers

Torad NL; Li YQ; Ishihara S; Ariga K; Kamachi Y; Lian HY; Hamoudi H; Sakka Y; Chaikittisilp W; Wu KCW; Yamauchi Y

Chemistry Letters, Vol.43, No.5, 717-719, 2014

Torad NL, Li YQ, Ishihara S, Ariga K, Kamachi Y, Lian HY, Hamoudi H, Sakka Y, Chaikittisilp W, Wu KCW, Yamauchi Y

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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