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Ph.D. Course in Materials Science and Nanotechnology
University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Materials Science, via Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano
November 3, 2014 – 3.00 p.m.
Sala Lauree - Department of Materials Science U5
Alberto Bianco
CNRS, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Laboratoire d’Immunopathologie
et Chimie Thérapeutique, Strasbourg, France
Carbon-based nanomedicines and challenges ahead
Carbon-based nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, adamantane, etc.) are considered unique
materials and molecules for many applications in different fields including biomedicine and nanomedicine.
All these types of carbon forms are offering the possibility of original chemical functionalization and design
of complex systems that allow further their exploitation in therapy, imaging and diagnosis.
In this presentation, I will describe the chemical approaches to functionalize the different carbon
nanomaterials with appropriate functional groups and therapeutic molecules in view of future biomedical
applications. I will also present few example of their use in therapy (i.e. cancer and brain diseases) and
imaging (i.e. ultrasonography and MRI).
In addition, the intense research activity on applications of carbon nanomaterials imperatively needs to be
associated to the assessment of their safety profile. We have evidenced a correlation between the structure
and the chemical nature of the different carbon forms and their potential toxicity. I will show how
appropriate chemical approaches help in alleviating undesired pathogenic effects.
PhD students and all interested in the seminar are kindly invited to participate.
The PhD Coordinator
Prof. Gianpaolo Brivio

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