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*, Yusuke Yamauchi

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Abstract

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

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)717-719
Number of pages3
JournalChemistry Letters
Volume43
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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