NANOBELTS: PROSPECTS OF APPLICATION IN CLINICAL PHARMACY
The literature data about novel nanostructures - nanobelts have been summarized in this review. The research in the field of synthesis and practical application of nanobelts and devices on their basis been analyzed for the past seven years have using Internet resources and scientific publications. The main properties, methods of synthesis and analysis, fields of their application, in particular in medicine, have been determined. Nanobelts as a nanostructurized particles have specific physical and chemical properties distinguishing them greatly from those of bulk materials. This unique properties allow using nanobelts as the parts of micro- and nanodevices. In the field of clinical pharmacy nanobelts may be useful in producing highsensitive biosensors, in the immunological studies. The important aspects in the synthesis of nanobelts include morphology controlling, as well as using the methods that could provide the highest yield of these nanoparticles. Nanobelts can be modified by their surface functionalization using organic and inorganic substances that improve their properties like biocompatibility and biostability. Nowadays the most studied are zinc oxide semi-conducting nanobelts. Constructing devices of biomedical application based on these nanobelts have been already proposed. The field of nanobelt studying nowadays is extensively researched and every year these studies clarify the problems relating to one-dimensional structures. However, pharmacological, pharmaceutical and toxicological aspects of using nanobelts in biomedical purposes, in particular in clinical pharmacy, are still under research and are not studied well enough.