Silver nanoparticles for antibacterial devices : biocompatibility and toxicity

✍ Scribed by Cao, Huiliang

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 478
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Since the potential toxicity of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) has raised serious concerns in the biomaterials and biomedical engineering community, Silver Nanoparticles for Antibacterial Devices: Biocompatibility and Toxicity brings together the synthesis, the physicochemical properties and the biological actions of Ag NPs, as well as the clinical demands for fabricating antibacterial medical devices, discussing how to suppress the side effects of nanomaterials and how to impart to them the selective toxicity. This book presents the two primary paradigms that have emerged in probing the antibacterial applications of Ag NPs, i.e. the active attacking releasing way and the conservative defending approach by taking advantage of various short-range actions; it shows readers how the ways in which Ag NPs have behaved can be engineered purposively.

With contributions from leading international experts and extensive references listed in each chapter, this volume provides the general principles on controlling the physicochemical behaviors of nanomaterials and managing their toxicity risks.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Bioinspired synthesis of silver nanoparticles : characterization, mechanism, and applications --
Tuning the properties of silver monolayer for biological applications --
Synergistic antimicrobial activity of silver and chitosan --
Titania nanotubes as silver nanoparticle carriers to prevent implant-associated infection --
Polymer-silver nanocomposites : preparation, characterization, and antibacterial mechanism --
Dissolution of silver nanoparticles --
Silver as an antimicrobial agent : the resistance issue --
The risks of silver nanoparticles to human body --
Imunomodulatory activities of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) in human neutrophils --
Evaluating the interactions of silver nanoparticles and mammalian cells based on biomices technologies --
Methods and tools for assessing nanomaterials and uses and regulation of nanosilver in Europe --
Toward selectively toxic silver nanoparticles --
Orthopaedic implant-associated infections : pathogenesis, clinical presentation and management --
Dental implant infection : typical causes and control --
Guidelines for nanosilver-based antibacterial devices.

✦ Subjects

Nanoparticles;Silver;Biocompatible Materials;toxicity;Anti-Infective Agents;Nanoparticles;therapeutic use