
Applications of Multifunctional Nanomaterials
- 1st Edition - March 30, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Sabu Thomas, Nandakumar Kalarikkal, Ann Rose Abraham
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 5 5 7 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 8 8 2 - 3
Applications of Multifunctional Nanomaterials showcases the major applications of highly correlated nanosystems that highlight the multifunctionality of nanomaterials. This incl… Read more

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Request a sales quoteApplications of Multifunctional Nanomaterials showcases the major applications of highly correlated nanosystems that highlight the multifunctionality of nanomaterials. This includes applications of nanomaterials in spintronics, information storage, magnetic data storage and memory device applications, energy harvesting applications using nanomultiferroics with piezoelectric polymers, nonlinear optical limiting applications using graphene or ferrite nanoparticles, soft tissues applications, EMI shielding applications and even applications in sunscreen lotions, cosmetics and food packaging will be discussed. In addition, nanoparticle incorporation in animal nutrition intended for increased productivity is an innovative and groundbreaking theme of the book.
Finally, functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for drug delivery, magnetic hyperthermia, sutures, cancer therapy, dentistry and other biomedical and bio-engineering applications using nanoparticles are discussed in detail.
- Explains the major design and fabrication techniques and processes for a range of multifunctional nanomaterials and nanotechnologies
- Demonstrates how ferromagnetics, multiferroics and carbon nanomaterials are designed for electronic and optical applications
- Assesses the major challenges of using multifunctional nanomaterials on a mass scale
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Foreword to applications of multifunctional nanomaterials
- Chapter 1. The ample gamut of applications of multifunctional nanomaterials
- 1. Applications of multifunctional nanomaterials: an overview
- 2. Conclusion
- Part I. Energy applications of nanomaterials
- Chapter 2. Nanoferrites for electromagnetic interference shielding application
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Spinel ferrites for EMI shielding
- 3. Hexaferrites for EMI shielding
- 4. Garnets for EMI shielding
- 5. Hybrid nanostructures of ferrites for EMI shielding
- 6. Conclusions
- Chapter 3. Rare earth doped BiFeO3 multiferroic system: optical, dielectric, and magnetoelectric coupling properties and applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Experimental methods
- 3. Result and discussion
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 4. Carbon nanostructures for energy generation and storage
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Energy generation
- 3. Energy storage
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Nanoengineering diatoms in microfluidic lab on chip devices
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Diatoms in micro-electroporation/electro mechanical system (MEMS)
- 3. Why diatoms in microfluidics?
- 4. Diatom lab on chip (LOC) and biosensing
- 5. Diatom template and microfluidics
- 6. Microfluidic cell culture
- 7. High throughput screening and cell sorting of diatoms in microfluidics
- 8. Integrated hypothesis
- 9. Conclusion
- 10. Conflict of interest
- Chapter 6. Nanocomposite membrane for direct methanol fuel cell
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Proton transport mechanism
- 3. Polymer electrolyte membranes
- 4. Inorganic nanomaterials
- 5. Composite membranes
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. Nano and micro elastomeric foams in energy and other related applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Classification of elastomeric foams
- 3. Nonlinear stress-strain behavior of elastomeric foam
- 4. Different types of elastomeric foam for energy application; energy devices
- 5. Elastomeric foams in energy devices
- 6. Conclusions and out look
- Chapter 8. Nanocellulose-based polymer composites for energy applications
- 1. Introduction
- Chapter 9. Advances in functionalized polyaniline nanocomposites for electrochemical sensing and energy storage applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Fundamental principles
- 3. Functionalized polyaniline nanocomposites for electrochemical sensing applications
- 4. Functionalized polyaniline nanocomposites for energy storage applications
- 5. Conclusion
- Part II. Industrial applications of nanomaterials
- Chapter 10. Multifunctional hydroxylapatite nanofillers for fine-tuning of elastomer characteristics
- 1. Need of fine tuning of elastomers
- 2. Hydroxylapatite: a promising filler for elastomers
- 3. Synthesis strategies for n-HA
- 4. Structure and dispersion behavior of hydroxylapatite nanoparticles
- 5. Surface modification of hydroxylapatite nanoparticles
- 6. Nano-hydroxylapatite modified elastomeric systems
- 7. Conclusions
- Chapter 11. Emerging applications of nanofluids
- 1. Introduction to nanofluids
- 2. Tuning the application of nanofluids
- 3. Application of nanofluid
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 12. Promising inorganic nanomaterials for future generation
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Present status
- Chapter 13. Two-dimensional layered materials for efficient photodetection
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Classification of 2D-layered material
- 3. Mechanism of photoelectric detection
- 4. Figures of merits for photodetectors
- 5. Noise in detectors
- 6. Photodetector classification
- 7. Photodetector—device architecture
- 8. Pulsed laser deposition
- 9. Conclusion
- Declaration of interests
- Chapter 14. Electromechanical application of magnetite nanomaterials blended with single-walled carbon nanotubes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Metal-SWCNTs composites
- 3. Magnetic behavior of iron oxides
- 4. Iron oxide-SWCNTs composites
- 5. Applications
- 6. Conclusion and future scope
- Chapter 15. Bionanofiber-reinforced transparent nanocomposites for future applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Preparation of nanocelluloses
- 3. Preparation of nanochitins
- 4. Bionanofiber-reinforced optically transparent composites
- 5. Potential commercial applications of the bionanofiber-reinforced transparent nanocomposites
- 6. Concluding remarks
- Part III. Nanoparticles in health care
- Chapter 16. Nanoparticles as drug delivery agents for managing diabetic retinopathy
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Diabetic retinopathy
- 3. Disease progression and complications
- 4. Conventional methods of DR treatment
- 5. Limitations of conventional therapy
- 6. Nanoparticles in ocular delivery
- 7. Nanomaterials for the treatment of DR
- 8. Nanotechnological approaches to treat DR
- 9. Toxicity of nanoparticles in retinopathy
- 10. Conclusion
- Chapter 17. Stimuli-responsive self-assembled nanocarriers based on amphiphilic block copolymers for cancer therapy
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Amphiphilic block copolymers (ABCP) and self assembled nanocarriers: how and why?
- 3. Internal stimuli-responsive self-assembled nanocarriers
- 4. Exogenous stimuli-responsive self-assembled nanocarriers
- 5. Summary and future challenges
- Chapter 18. Nanoparticles in oral health care: clinical insights and future perspectives
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Applications in oral health care: clinical insights
- 3. Conclusions and future perspectives
- Chapter 19. Nebulizer spray delivery of phytopharmaceutical nanosuspension via oral and nasal route: a challenging approach to fight against COVID-19
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The origin of phytocompounds as antiviral agents
- 3. The rationality behind choosing nano-suspension based drug delivery for antiviral response in the context of COVID-19
- 4. Significance of nebulizer-spray for drug delivery against SARS viral infection reference to nCOV-2
- 5. Ingredients used in nanosuspensions-based spray nebulizer formulation
- 6. Preparation methods of nanosuspension
- 7. Characterization and evaluation tests
- 8. Component system for intranasal and oral inhaler-based drug delivery systems
- 9. Applications of nanosuspension in targeted drug delivery for pulmonary viral infection
- 10. Conclusion
- Part IV. Biomedical applications of nanomaterials
- Chapter 20. Bio-nanomaterials and their applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Types of nanoparticles used in bio-system
- 3. Bionics as an inspired bio-nanomaterial
- 4. Applications of nanomaterials in biology
- 5. Future of bio-nanomaterials
- 6. Conclusions
- Chapter 21. Can bio-nanotechnology be effective against multi drug resistant (MDR) pathogens?
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Antibiotic resistance
- 3. Major classes of antibiotics and their mode of action
- 4. Major antibiotic-resistant bacterial species (WHO priority pathogens list)
- 5. Nano-particles for combating antibiotic resistance
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 22. Nanomaterials in bioimaging and cell labeling
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Challenges of bioimaging and emergence of nanobioimaging
- 3. Scope of nanotechnology in biological imaging
- 4. Labeling cells with NPs
- 5. Nanomaterials used for cell labeling/bioimaging applications
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 23. Biological prospects and potential of nanoparticles in animal nutrition
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Production of nanoparticles for animal applications
- 3. Biomedical applications of nanoparticles
- 4. Potential application of nanoparticles in animal production
- 5. Minerals in animal nutrition
- 6. Toxicological effects of nanominerals
- 7. Conclusion
- Chapter 24. Use of lectin-functionalized and lectin-targeted nanoparticles for multiple therapeutic applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Lectins
- 3. Nanoparticles (NPs) as potential therapeutic agents
- 4. Lectin-linked nanoparticles
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 25. Construction and application of bionanomaterials
- 1. Bionanomaterials
- 2. History of nanotechnology and nanomaterials
- 3. Design of bionanomaterials
- 4. Nanorobots
- 5. Biochip technology
- 6. Bionanomaterials for diagnostics
- 7. Bionanomaterials for regenerative medicine
- 8. Conclusion
- Chapter 26. Medical device associated-biofilm eradication strategies: use of multi-functional nanomaterials
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Biofilms: origin and prevalence
- 3. Architecture of biofilms
- 4. Medical biofilms: complications in medical devices
- 5. Application of nanomaterials to reduce the risk of device-associated infections
- 6. Future perspectives: nano-micro-macro: a complex interplay
- Chapter 27. Nano-biomaterials for therapeutic and diagnostic applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Biologically synthesized metal and metal oxide nanoparticles
- 3. Polymeric and liposomal nanocarriers
- 4. Metal and metal oxide nanoparticles for antimicrobial therapy
- 5. Targeted drug delivery and disease diagnosis
- 6. Nano-vaccination and immunotherapy
- 7. Conclusions and future perspectives
- Chapter 28. Polymeric nanoparticles for biomedical applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Synthesis of PLGA copolymer
- 3. Characteristics of PLGA
- 4. Method of preparation of PLGA nanoparticles
- 5. Cancer
- 6. Conclusions
- Chapter 29. Bio-nanomaterials: applications and utility in agricultural and medical field
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Nanomaterials
- 3. Nanomaterials types or categories
- 4. Application of nanoparticles
- 5. Conclusions
- Part V. Environmental applications
- Chapter 30. Enhanced cocatalysis of bimetallic nanostructures for catalytic and photocatalytic applications
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Types of catalysts
- 3. Cocatalysis
- 4. Photocatalysis
- 5. Transition metal nanocatalysis
- 6. Importance of bimetallic over monometallic nanoparticles
- 7. Metal-semiconductor (TiO2) photocatalysis
- 8. Preparation and characterization techniques
- 9. Characterizations
- 10. Applications
- 11. Conclusion
- Chapter 31. Nanomaterials incorporated electrospun membranes for membrane distillation
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Membrane distillation
- 3. State-of-the-art research in membrane distillation
- 4. Electrospinning as a method for fabrication of membranes
- 5. Nanoparticles incorporated electrospun membranes for MD
- 6. Role of nanoparticles to enhance the performance of electrospun membranes
- 7. Conclusion
- Chapter 32. Application of multifunctional carbon-based silver nanocomposites for environmental remediation
- Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Adsorbent characterization
- 3. Adsorption studies
- 4. Adsorption isotherm studies
- 5. Removal of cationic dye
- 6. Removal of anionic dyes
- 7. Removal of ibuprofen
- 8. Summary
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 30, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 818
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128205570
- eBook ISBN: 9780128208823
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Sabu Thomas
Prof. Sabu Thomas is a Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering and the Director of the School of Energy Materials at Mahatma Gandhi University, India. Additionally, he is the Chairman of the Trivandrum Engineering Science & Technology Research Park (TrEST Research Park) in Thiruvananthapuram, India. He is the founder director of the International and Inter-university Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mahatma Gandhi University and the former Vice-Chancellor of the same institution.
Prof. Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields. Dr. Thomas has been conferred with Honoris Causa (DSc) by the University of South Brittany, France.
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