Host-Guest Chemistry in Supramolecular Theranostics

• Published in: Theranostics Vol. 9; no. 11; pp. 3041 - 3074
• Main Authors: Yu, Guocan, Chen, Xiaoyuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australia Ivyspring International Publisher 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Animals; Drug Delivery Systems - instrumentation; Drug Delivery Systems - methods; Humans; Nanostructures - chemistry; Polymers - chemistry; Review; Theranostic Nanomedicine - instrumentation; Theranostic Nanomedicine - methods; Supramolecular Theranostics; Host-Guest Chemistry

Macrocyclic hosts, such as cyclodextrins, calixarenes, cucurbiturils, and pillararenes, exhibit unparalleled advantages in disease diagnosis and therapy over the past years by fully taking advantage of their host-guest molecular recognitions. The dynamic nature of the non-covalent interactions and s...