Abstract

Biomedical research involving layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanohybrid materials has received a lot of attention. These
LDH nanohybrid materials have distinct properties such as biocompatibility, variable chemical compositions, anion-exchange
capacity, host-guest interactions, and crystallization-dissolution properties. Drug delivery is becoming increasingly important
because it enables theranostics (therapeutics and diagnostics), a concept of next-generation medicine, to combine therapy and
diagnosis. Based on the unique properties of LDH-based nanohybrid materials open up new avenues for simultaneous therapy
and drug release applications in almost every field of medicine. The purpose of this chapter is to investigate recent advances
in multifunctional LDH nanohybrid materials, ranging from fabrication to drug molecule release applications in various bio-
medical fields with therapeutic functions. Furthermore, these (LDH) nanohybrid materials have the potential to be used as both
diagnostic agents and drug delivery carriers and there will be discussed in relation to advancements in bio-medical systems. Due
to their exceptional physiochemical properties, two-dimensional LDHs nanohybrid materials are currently a fascinating topic of
interest. LDHs have the potential to be useful in a variety of applications, such as energy, catalysis, and biomaterials; particularly
in the bio-medical field as drug delivery systems. Despite the unique intrinsic properties of LDH nanohybrid materials, various
functionalization strategies have been applied to LDHs, yielding even more exciting performance opportunities and providing
guidelines for the design of novel functional nanomaterials.