
Antimicrobial Nanosystems
Fabrication and Development
- 1st Edition - March 28, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Kabali Vijai Anand, Shadpour Mallakpour, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 1 5 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 4 0 0 - 0
Antimicrobial Nanosystems: Fabrication and Development provides an in-depth review of nanotechnological advancements in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industrie… Read more
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Antimicrobial Nanosystems: Fabrication and Development provides an in-depth review of nanotechnological advancements in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to counteract bacterial infections and related health issues. Functionalized nanomaterials and their processes are covered, along with the theory and fabrication of antimicrobial nanosystems. The potential applications of antimicrobial nanosystems are also discussed along with their challenges and commercialization.
This book discusses the most frequent problems caused by resistant microorganisms and difficult-to-treat bacteria and highlights the impact of recently developed antimicrobial nanosystems. Various methodsto obtain efficient nanomaterials with antimicrobial properties are described, along with their advantages, challenges, and main applications. The design of targeting antimicrobial therapeutics, able to specifically detect pathogenic microorganisms and to act in a very specific manner, is thoroughly investigated.
- Discusses the most frequent problems caused by resistant microorganisms and difficult-to-treat bacteria
- Includes various methods to obtain efficient nanomaterials with antimicrobial properties that are described along with their advantages, challenges and main applications
- Covers the ability of microbes to adapt and select resistance, a major challenge in the design of alternative antimicrobial agents
- Provides various sections that illustrate the fabrication and development of antimicrobial nanosystems
SECTION 1 Antimicrobial Nanosystems: Perspective and Developments
1. Nanosystems for Antimicrobial interventions
2. Nanoencapsulation techniques for antimicrobial developments
3. Nano emulsion-based antimicrobial systems
4. Advances of antimicrobial nanosystems for pharmaceuticals developments
5. Bioactive Antimicrobial Nanosystems
6. Biodegradable Nanomaterials as antimicrobial agents
SECTION 2 Nano Candidates: Functionalized NMs, Functionalization Processes, etc.
7. Nanostructured peptides as potential antimicrobial agent
8. Metal-based nanosystems and their antimicrobial activity
9. Functional magnetic nanomaterials with enhanced antimicrobial activity
10. Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials and their Antimicrobial activity
11. Graphene-based nanomaterials for antibiotics-independent antibacterial applications
12. Functionalized Nanomaterials with enhanced antimicrobial activity
SECTION 3 Theory and Fabrication of Antimicrobial Nanosystems
13. Recent advances in sustainable approach-based fabrication of antimicrobial nanosystem
14. Fabrication of doped nanosystems with enhanced antimicrobial properties
15. Fabrication of magnetic nanosystems for antimicrobial coatings
16. Fabrication of noble metal-based antimicrobial nanosystems
SECTION 4 Antimicrobial Nanosystems: Application
17. Nano capsule-based antimicrobial systems for cancer therapy and biomedical applications
18. Nanoencapsulation-based antimicrobial systems for food industry
19. Antimicrobial nanosystems for environmental remediation applications
20. Antimicrobial nanosystems for dental applications
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 28, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Kabali Vijai Anand
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Shadpour Mallakpour
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Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an Adjunct Professor and Director of Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research is focused on the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry, and other industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor in his research areas. He has published with Elsevier, the American Chemical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.