Study on the development of fullerene nanochemistry and its biomedicinal application | Poster Board #572

The fullerene nanoparticles are made up of carbon atoms. It has a hollow, closed cage-like spherical structure, ellipsoid, or tube. Fullerene’s distinct physical and chemical properties with the rapid development of nanotechnologies in the past decades have drawn much interest from the scientific community to investigate its diverse application. The utilization of fullerene nanoparticles including energy storage and electronics to antioxidants and other medical uses is widely known. During the past decade, the biomedical functions of fullerene have been the focus of many studies. Applications including cancer treatment, drug delivery, antiviral medicine, and bioimaging, are predominant in the literature. This review covers the properties of fullerenes, the usage of surface functionalization to modify their properties for more specific purposes, recently discovered applications of fullerenes in the context of biomedical development, and challenges in their research with possible solutions.