Nanomedicine is a promising field that applies nanotechnologies to healthcare with the ultimate aim of developing innovative medicines to improve the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. Several materials have been proposed to prepare nanomaterials, such as inorganic materials , lipids  and polymers . In the pharmaceutical domain, nanomaterials have found interesting applications in drug delivery as they can modify the fate of the drug in the body, assure control of the release, protect the drug from enzymatic and chemical degradation and improve efficacy and/or reduce toxicity of drugs. Recently, bioinspired, smart and stimuli-responsive nanomaterials have been developed to further boost the efficacy of these materials, allowing specific and targeted delivery to diseased tissues and cells .