
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
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Request a sales quoteAntimicrobial 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
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Biographies
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1. Antimicrobial nanosystems: perspective and developments
- Chapter 1. Nanosystems for antimicrobial interventions: advanced synthesis and implementation strategies
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Synthesis of nanoparticles
- 3. Methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles using a top-down approach
- 4. Methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles using a bottom-up approach
- 5. Biosynthesis
- 6. Antimicrobial strategies of nanoparticles
- 7. Conclusion and future prospects
- Chapter 2. Nanoencapsulation techniques for antimicrobial developments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Nanostructures and nanoencapsulation techniques applied to antimicrobials
- 3. Application for nanoencapsulation of natural antimicrobials
- 4. Conclusions
- Chapter 3. Nanoemulsion-based antimicrobial systems
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Emulsion
- 3. Components of nanoemulsion
- 4. Surfactant
- 5. Cosurfactant
- 6. Ternary plot
- 7. Types of nanoemulsion system
- 8. Preparation of nanoemulsion
- 9. Low energy methods
- 10. Characterization of nanoemulsions
- 11. Determination of viscosity
- 12. Analysis of particle size and polydispersity index
- 13. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) spectral analysis
- 14. Determination of zeta potential
- 15. Stability of nanoemulsion under prolonged storage
- 16. Thermodynamic stability of nanoemulsion
- 17. Analysis of encapsulation efficiency
- 18. In vitro skin permeation studies
- 19. Antimicrobial activity of essential oils
- 20. Mechanism of antimicrobial action of nanoemulsion
- 21. Plant-derived antimicrobials in nanoemulsion
- 22. Nanoemulsion to treat plant disease
- 23. Nanoemulsion against Acinetobacter baumannii
- 24. Pros of nanoemulsion
- 25. Cons of nanoemulsion
- 26. Conclusions
- Chapter 4. Advances of antimicrobial nanosystems and their application in pharmaceuticals
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Useful forms and their trends of antimicrobial nanosystems in pharmaceutical applications
- 3. Future studies on antimicrobial nanosystems
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Bioactive antimicrobial nanosystems: Enhancement of antimicrobial performance of Acalypha indica based ZnO nanomaterials and nonwettable activity
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Experimental details
- 3. Results and discussion
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 6. Biodegradable nanomaterials as antimicrobial agents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Chitosan
- 3. Gelatin
- 4. Cellulose
- 5. Conclusion
- Section 2. Nano candidates: functionalized NMs, functionalization processes, etc.
- Chapter 7. Nanostructured peptides as potential antimicrobial agent
- 1. Introduction to antimicrobial peptides
- 2. Synthetic and structural aspects of NsAMPs
- 3. Nanostructures of antimicrobial peptides
- 4. Development of NsAMPs
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 8. Metal-based nanosystems and the evaluation of their antimicrobial activity
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Types of nanosystems/nanomaterials
- 3. Nanoparticles
- 4. Metallic nanoparticles/nanosystems
- 5. Methods of synthesis
- 6. Characterization techniques for metallic nanoparticles
- 7. Action mechanism of metal nanoparticles
- 8. Prospects and applications
- Chapter 9. Functional magnetic nanomaterials with enhanced antimicrobial activity
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Antimicrobial mechanism of magnetic nanoparticles
- 3. Influence of physical characteristics of magnetic nanoparticles
- 4. Functional magnetic nanoparticles for antimicrobial applications
- 5. Advantages and future perspectives
- 6. Summary
- Chapter 10. Multifunctional hybrid nanomaterials and their antimicrobial activity
- 1. Multifunctional nanomaterials
- 2. Hybrid metal oxide nanomaterials
- 3. Nano antibiotics
- 4. Hybrid metal nanoparticles
- 5. Conclusion and future perspective
- Chapter 11. Graphene-based nanomaterials for antibiotics-independent antibacterial applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Types of graphene-based nanomaterials (GBNs)
- 3. History and synthesis of GBNs
- 4. Structures and properties
- 5. Surface functional modifications (SFM)
- 6. Antibacterial activities against various microbial species
- 7. Antibacterial mechanisms
- 8. Conclusion and perspective
- Chapter 12. Functionalized nanomaterials with enhanced anti-microbial activity
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Green synthesis of functionalized ZnO nanostructures
- 3. Biomedical applications of functionalized ZnO nanostructures
- 4. Conclusion
- Section 3. Theory and fabrication of antimicrobial nanosystems
- Chapter 13. Recent advances in the sustainable approach-based fabrication of antimicrobial nanosystems
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Inorganic building blocks
- 3. Organic building blocks
- 4. Accessory moieties as building blocks
- 5. Conclusion and future prospects
- Chapter 14. Fabrication of doped nanosystems with enhanced antimicrobial properties
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Nanometal oxides
- 3. Interactions of gamma radiation with matter
- 4. Organic material—PANI
- 5. Nickel oxide
- 6. Influence of dopants in metal oxides
- 7. Enhancement of antimicrobial activity
- 8. Conclusions
- Chapter 15. Fabrication of magnetic nanosystems for antimicrobial coatings
- 1. Introduction: why magnetic nanosystems?
- 2. Classification of Fe-based nanosystems (magnetite, hematite, maghemite, and ferrites)
- 3. Fe-based nanosystems: fabrication methods
- 4. The main functionalization strategies for magnetic nanoparticles as antimicrobial agents
- 5. Mechanisms of antimicrobial activity of Fe-based nanosystems
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 16. Fabrication of noble metal–based antimicrobial nanosystems
- 1. Why noble metal–based antimicrobial nanosystems?—An introduction
- 2. Current fabrication principles for noble metal–based nanosystems
- 3. Growth mechanism of noble metal–based nanostructures
- 4. Antimicrobial mechanism of noble metal–based antimicrobial nanosystems
- 5. Conclusion
- Section 4. Antimicrobial nanosystems: application
- Chapter 17. Nanocapsules-based antimicrobial systems for biomedical applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Nanocapsules for drug delivery systems
- 3. Nanocapsule-based antimicrobial drug delivery systems in medical applications
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 18. Nanoencapsulation-based antimicrobial systems for food industry
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Microbial contamination in food
- 3. Antimicrobial agent for food safety
- 4. Nanoencapsulation based antimicrobial activity in food industries
- 5. Conclusions
- Chapter 19. Antimicrobial nanosystems for environmental remediation applications
- 1. Background
- 2. Nanosystems-mediated environmental remediation
- 3. General mechanism of antimicrobial action of nanomaterials
- 4. Application of nanomaterials-mediated water remediation
- 5. Factors affecting the antimicrobial activity of nanomaterials
- 6. Different strategies of antimicrobial nanomaterials for water disinfection
- 7. Summary
- Chapter 20. Antimicrobial nanosystems for dental applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Electrospun nanofibrous membrane for ulcer and dental wound care treatment
- 3. Conclusion
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 28, 2023
- No. of pages (Paperback): 478
- No. of pages (eBook): 478
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323911566
- eBook ISBN: 9780323914000
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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.