声化学,虽然建立在各个领域,仍然是发现超声对化学系统的新影响的新兴领域,并且对生物医学领域特别感兴趣。这个跨学科的研究领域探索了使用频率范围从20kHz到1MHz的声波来引起物理和化学变化。通过使液体经受超声波,声化学已经证明了加速反应速率的能力,改变化学反应途径,并在温和的反应条件下操作时改变系统的物理性质。它已经进入了包括食品加工在内的不同行业,制药,材料科学,和环境修复。这篇综述概述了这些原则,进步,以及声化学的应用,特别关注(生物)医学领域。尽管声化学有很多好处,(生物)医学领域的大多数研究仍处于实验室阶段。将这些系统转化为临床实践是复杂的,因为用于医学超声的参数是有限的,并且毒副作用必须最小化以满足监管批准。然而,从研究的早期阶段开始,将注意力集中在该系统在临床实践中的适用性上,对于进一步扩大超声化学在临床应用中的作用具有巨大的潜力。
Sonochemistry, although established in various fields, is still an emerging field finding new effects of ultrasound on chemical systems and are of particular interest for the biomedical field. This interdisciplinary area of research explores the use of acoustic waves with frequencies ranging from 20 kHz to 1 MHz to induce physical and chemical changes. By subjecting liquids to ultrasonic waves, sonochemistry has demonstrated the ability to accelerate reaction rates, alter chemical reaction pathways, and change physical properties of the system while operating under mild reaction conditions. It has found its way into diverse industries including food processing, pharmaceuticals, material science, and environmental remediation. This review provides an overview of the principles, advancements, and applications of sonochemistry with a particular focus on the domain of (bio-)medicine. Despite the numerous benefits sonochemistry has to offer, most of the research in the (bio-)medical field remains in the laboratory stage. Translation of these systems into clinical practice is complex as parameters used for medical ultrasound are limited and toxic side effects must be minimized in order to meet regulatory approval. However, directing attention towards the applicability of the system in clinical practice from the early stages of research holds significant potential to further amplify the role of sonochemistry in clinical applications.