Biomedical Applications of MXene/Polymer Nanocomposites

Abstract

The unique properties of MXene/polymer nanocomposites (MX/P-NCs) have displayed several advantages in different research fields. At the same time, these have drawn huge interest in innovating their use in the biomedical field; however, this field is still budding and largely unexplored. Since synthesizing nanocomposites of MXene/polymer enervate the properties of nanomaterials to larger scale, they present wide scope of opportunities at molecular level. Attributed to their unique properties such as flexible surface morphology, two-dimensional nanosheet structure, conductive and electro-optical properties, photoconversion ability, good hydrophilicity and reproducible synthesis, they have been applied to various drug delivery and bioimaging systems, in cancer therapy and biosensing, and as antibacterial agents. These have also been employed in the fabrication of biosensors as matrices for protein immobilization and gas sensors for diagnostic purposes. Likewise, MX/P-NCs are presenting themselves as promising techniques in a wide variety of applications for rapidly developing research field and the same are discussed in the chapter.