Nanomaterials for medical applications

This title covers recent advances in a variety of biomedical applications of nanostructured materials, as the field evolves from prototype device to real-world application. It presents the main types of nanomaterial used in medical application today: semiconductor nanomaterials, Magnetic nanomateria...

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Main Author Aguilar, Zoraida
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Waltham, M.A Elsevier 2013
Edition1
Subjects
Biocompatible Materials - chemical synthesis
Biosensing Techniques
Nanostructured materials
Nanostructures > diagnostic use
Nanostructures > therapeutic use
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover -- Nanomaterials for Medical Applications -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 - Introduction -- 1.1 NANOTECHNOLOGY POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS AND MARKET ANALYSIS -- 1.2 NMS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS -- 1.3 HISTORICAL AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE -- 1.4 THE FUTURE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 - Types of Nanomaterials and Corresponding Methods of Synthesis -- 2.1 INORGANIC NMS -- 2.2 GOLD AND SILVER NMS -- 2.3 ORGANIC NMS -- 2.4 CARBON NANOPLATFORMS -- 2.5 DENDRIMERS -- 2.6 CHARACTERIZATION OF NMS215 -- 2.7 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 - Biocompatibility and Functionalization -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 NANOMATERIAL CONVERSION INTO THE WATER-SOLUBLE FORM -- 3.3 NM BIOCONJUGATION -- 3.4 APPLICATIONS OF BIOCOMPATIBLE NMS -- 3.5 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 - Nanobiosensors -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 NANOBIOSENSORS UNIQUE PROPERTIES -- 4.3 IMMOBILIZATION STRATEGIES -- 4.4 COVALENT BINDING -- 4.5 SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS -- 4.6 QUANTIFICATION OF BIOMOLECULES LOADED ON NMS -- 4.7 TRANSDUCTION DETECTION SYSTEMS FOR NP BIOSENSORS -- 4.8 APPLICATIONS -- 4.9 AN IOMNP-BASED ELISA FOR THE DETECTION OF PROTEIN BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER -- 4.10 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 - Targeted Drug Delivery -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 NANOMATERIALS AS VEHICLES FOR DRUG DELIVERY -- 5.3 FACTORS TO CONSIDER FOR NPS THAT WILL BE USED FOR DRUG DELIVERY -- 5.4 DRUG LOADING -- 5.5 NM TARGETING FOR DRUG DELIVERY -- 5.6 BINDING AND UPTAKE -- 5.7 DRUG RELEASE AND BIODEGRADATION -- 5.8 NM CLEARANCE -- 5.9 VARIOUS NMS FOR DRUG DELIVERY -- 5.10 THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER (BBB) -- 5.11 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 - Nanomedical Devices -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 NANOROBOTS -- 6.3 NANOCHIPS AND NANOIMPLANTS -- 6.4 PROSTHESIS -- 6.5 TISSUE ENGINEERING127 -- 6.6 CELL REPAIR -- 6.7 CONCLUSION
  • REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 - Nanopharmacology -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 CURRENT ISSUES AND STATUS OF NANOPHARMACOLOGY -- 7.3 NMS FOR GENE DELIVERY -- 7.4 NANOIMMUNOTHERAPY -- 7.5 NMS FOR THERMAL ABLATION -- 7.6 NMS AS CONTRAST AGENTS -- 7.7 MAGNETIC IO NP-MEDIATED CIRCULATING TUMOR CELL ISOLATION -- 7.8 DESIGN TRENDS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE -- 7.9 CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 - Nanotoxicology and Remediation -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 NMS EXHIBITING TOXICITY -- 8.3 HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL OF NMS -- 8.4 REMEDIATION IN CASE OF NMS SPILLS -- 8.5 NANOTOXICITY REGULATIONS -- 8.6 THE NMS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PERSPECTIVE -- 8.7 CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 - Conclusions -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 MARKET POTENTIAL -- 9.3 SYNTHESIS OF VARIOUS NMS -- 9.4 NMS SURFACE MODIFICATION AND FUNCTIONALIZATION -- 9.5 NANOBIOSENSORS -- 9.6 NMS FOR DRUG DELIVERY -- 9.7 NANOMEDICAL DEVICES -- 9.8 NANOPHARMACOLOGY -- 9.9 NANOTOXICOLOGY -- 9.10 GOVERNMENT NANOTOXICITY REGULATIONS -- 9.11 PATENT LANDSCAPE -- REFERENCES -- Index