Transition Metal-Decorated Mg₁₂O₁₂ Nanoclusters as Biosensors and Efficient Drug Carriers for the Metformin Anticancer Drug.

ABSTRACT: Drug carriers have been designed and investigated remarkably due to their effective use in the modern medication process. In this study, the decoration of the Mg₁₂O₁₂ nanocluster has been done with transition metals (Ni and Zn) for effective adsorption of metformin (anticancer drug). Decoration of Ni and Zn on a nanocluster allows two geometries, and similarly, the adsorption of metformin also provides two geometries. Density functional theory and time-dependent density functional theory have been employed at the B3LYP with 6-311G(d,p) level. The decoration of Ni and Zn offers good attachment and detachment of the drug, which is observed from their good adsorption energy values. Further, the reduction in the energy band gap is noted in the metformin-adsorbed nanoclust

SUBMITTER: Arshad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10061506 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature