Article: ROLE OF INORGANIC PARTICLES FOR THE FORMULATION OF NANOPARTICLES:  A REVIEW

Article Category: Review articles

DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.15256

Pages: 154-156

Author: Deshna Jain, Teena Pathak and Kuldeep Kumar *

Abstract: Inorganic particles do not have carbon in their backbone and are produced through various geochemical processes, i.e. they are not biological in nature. It is a common practice to use inorganic particles to formulate nanoparticles as their size is near nanoscale dimensions. Various inorganic particles such as silver, gold, silica, alumina and magnetite have been used to fabricate nanoparticles. These nanoparticles are used in different fields, such as magnetic recording, chemical sensing, anti-microbial assays and enzyme immobilization. They have several advantages due to their increased surface area-to-volume ratio, enhancing their reactivity. This review will discuss various inorganic particles used for nanoparticle preparation and their structure, properties, and applications in biomedical engineering. The major applications of formulated nanoparticles are used in biomedicines for drug delivery. They can deliver the drug to the specific site by crossing many biophysical, biochemical and biological barriers.

Keyword: Inorganic particles, nanoparticles, specificity, drug delivery.