Carbon Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

✍ Scribed by Mei Zhang, Rajesh R. Naik, Liming Dai (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 576
• Series: Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering 5
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book covers a wide range of topics relating to carbon nanomaterials, from synthesis and functionalization to applications in advanced biomedical devices and systems. As they possess unique and attractive chemical, physical, optical, and even magnetic properties for various applications, considerable effort has been made to employ carbon nanomaterials (e.g., fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanodiamond) as new materials for the development of novel biomedical tools, such as diagnostic sensors, imaging agents, and drug/gene delivery systems for both diagnostics and clinical treatment. Tremendous progress has been made and the scattered literature continues to grow rapidly.

With chapters by world-renowned experts providing an overview of the state of the science as well as an understanding of the challenges that lie ahead, Carbon Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications is essential reading not only for experienced scientists and engineers in biomedical and nanomaterials areas, but also for graduate students and advanced undergraduates in materials science and engineering, chemistry, and biology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Perspectives on Carbon Nanomaterials in Medicine Based upon Physicochemical Properties: Nanotubes, Nanodiamonds, and Carbon Nanobombs....Pages 3-29
Carbon Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery....Pages 31-80
Cytotoxicity, Drug Delivery, and Photothermal Therapy of Functionalized Carbon Nanomaterials....Pages 81-111
Carbon Nanotubes with Special Architectures for Biomedical Applications....Pages 113-143
Photodynamic Therapy with Water-Soluble Cationic Fullerene Derivatives....Pages 145-200
Carbon Nanotube Field-Emission X-Ray-Based Micro-computed Tomography for Biomedical Imaging....Pages 201-225
Nanotubes/Polymethyl Methacrylate Composite Resins as Denture Base Materials....Pages 227-240
Graphene for Biomedical Applications....Pages 241-267
Bionic Graphene Nanosensors....Pages 269-297
Functionalized Carbon Nanodots for Biomedical Applications....Pages 299-317
Nanodiamonds: Behavior in Biological Systems and Emerging Bioapplications....Pages 319-361
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
Bio-Inspired Engineering of 3D Carbon Nanostructures....Pages 365-420
Janus Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications: Dual-Surfaces of Single Particle for Multifunctionality....Pages 421-443
Protein Nanopatterning....Pages 445-480
Biomimetic Approach to Designing Adhesive Hydrogels: From Chemistry to Application....Pages 481-500
Measuring Lipid Bilayer Permeability with Biomimetic Membranes....Pages 501-532
Fluorescent Nanosensor for Drug Discovery....Pages 533-542
Biomimetic Surfaces for Cell Engineering....Pages 543-569
Back Matter....Pages 571-576

✦ Subjects

Biomaterials; Biomedical Engineering; Nanochemistry; Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology and Microengineering