
Functionalized Carbon Nanomaterials for Theranostic Applications
- 1st Edition - September 17, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Shadpour Mallakpour, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 3 6 6 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 3 6 7 - 1
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Request a sales quoteFunctionalized Carbon Nanomaterials for Theranostic Applications offers insights into the developments and trends that are progressing fast in the field of functionalized carbon nanomaterials-based devices as diagnostic tools for early stage detection of human diseases. The book provides information on how functionalized carbon nanomaterials are being used as the basis for products, such as early disease diagnostic kits, quantum dots for medical imaging and a growing list of other applications. Sections cover different mechanical, absorption, optical and electrical properties than those found in original nanomaterials.
This is an important reference source that will be valuable to materials scientists, biomedical engineers and pharmaceutical scientists who are looking to increase their understanding on how functionalized carbon nanomaterials are being used for a variety of theranostic applications.
- Provides readers with information on how to develop functionalized carbon nanomaterials based diagnostic devices and tools
- Identifies fabrication and characterization methods for integrated devices for use in theranostic applications
- Assesses major challenges for manufacturing functionalized carbon nanomaterial materials for theranostic devices on an industrial scale
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Editors’ biography
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Section A: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials for therapeutic applications
- Chapter 1: Functionalized graphene nanomaterials: Next-generation nanomedicine
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Carbon-based nanomaterials (CNMs)
- 3: Graphene and its derivatives
- 4: Functionalization of graphene
- 5: Properties of graphene
- 6: Application of graphene in targeted cancer theragnostics
- 7: Future prospect
- References
- Chapter 2: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials: Fabrication, properties and potential applications
- Abstract
- 1: Fabrication of functionalized carbon nanomaterials
- 2: Properties of FCNMs
- 3: Theragnostic and biomedical applications
- References
- Chapter 3: Application of functionalized carbon nanomaterials in therapeutic formulations
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Carbon dots
- 3: Carbon nanohorns
- 4: Carbon nanotubes
- 5: Conclusion and future perspective
- References
- Section B: Fundamentals and functionalization of CNTs and other carbon nanomaterials
- Chapter 4: Fundamentals and functionalization of CNTs and other carbon nanomaterials
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Carbon nanotubes
- 3: Graphene
- 4: Fullerenes
- 5: Carbon nanofibers
- 6: Synthesis of different carbon nanomaterials
- 7: Functionalization of carbon nanomaterials
- 8: Important organizations, companies, and research groups working on functionalization of CNTs
- 9: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Carbon nanomaterials: Fundamentals, functionalization, and applications
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: General characteristics of carbon nanomaterials
- 3: Synthesis of various carbon nanomaterials
- 4: Strategies for functionalization
- 5: Applications of functionalized carbon nanomaterials
- 6: Conclusion and future outlook
- Important websites
- References
- Chapter 6: Carbon nanotubes and other carbon nanomaterials: Prospects for functionalization
- Abstract
- 1: CNTs bases
- 2: Synthesis of CNTs
- 3: Carbon nanotubes functionalization
- 4: Noble metal nanoparticles (NPs)/CNTs nanohybrids
- 5: Graphene-based materials (GBMs)
- 6: Metal nanoparticles (NPs)/graphene nanohybrids
- 7: Graphene and CNT hybrid nanofiller-reinforced polymer composites
- References
- Chapter 7: Carbon nanotubes and their biomedical applications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Antimicrobial applications
- 3: Drug delivery and therapy
- 4: Tissue engineering and neural regeneration
- 5: Gene delivery
- 6: Imaging and diagnosis
- 7: Biosensors
- References
- Chapter 8: Molecular interaction modeling of carbon nanotubes and fullerene toward prioritized targets of SARS-CoV-2 by computer-aided screening and docking studies
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Overview of COVID-19
- 3: Overview of SARS-CoV-2
- 4: Current therapies, vaccines, and limitations
- 5: Need for an immediate therapeutic strategies—Role of computational biology
- 6: Overview of computer-aided drug discovery (CADD)
- 7: Major drug targets of COVID-19
- 8: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials as potential lead molecules
- 9: Carbon nano fullerene and carbon nanotubes
- 10: Drug likeliness, pharmacokinetics, and toxicity features of carbon fullerene and nanotube
- 11: Application of carbon nanotubes and carbon fullerene toward various viral infections
- 12: Binding potential of carbon nanotubes and nano fullerene toward SARS-CoV-2 targets
- 13: Limitations of functionalized carbon nanomaterials as therapeutic agents
- 14: Future perspectives
- 15: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9: Functionalization of carbon nanotubes: Fundamentals, strategies, and tuning of properties
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Functionalization of CNTs
- 3: Conclusion and future perspective
- References
- Section C: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials for diagnosis, drug delivery, and stem cell therapy
- Chapter 10: The advances in functionalized carbon nanomaterials for drug delivery
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Functionalized carbon materials for diagnostic purposes
- 3: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials for drug delivery applications
- 4: FCNMs for stem cells therapy
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 11: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials for diagnosis, drug delivery, and stem cell therapy
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: CNTs for drug delivery
- 3: FCNMs for cancer treatment
- 4: CNTs in stem cell therapy
- 5: Summary and conclusion
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 12: Carbon-based nanomaterials: Potential therapeutic applications
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of carbon-based nanomaterials
- 3: Carbon nanomaterials as drug carriers
- 4: Toxicological assessment
- 5: Future prospective and conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13: Carbon nanomaterial-based nanocrystals for dental applications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Materials for nanodentistry
- 3: Nanotechnology approaches
- 4: Applications
- 5: Future trends
- 6: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 14: Application of carbon and metal-based nanomaterials in modern health care systems
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of metal nanocrystals
- 3: Metal nanocrystals in modern healthcare systems
- 4: Conclusion and future perspectives
- References
- Chapter 15: Modified carbon nanomaterials for diagnosis, drug delivery and stem cell therapy
- Abstract
- Graphical Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of CNTs
- 3: Characterization of carbon nanotubes
- 4: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials in diagnostics
- 5: Use of CNTs in drug delivery
- 6: Development in carbon-based nanomaterials for use in vaccines
- 7: The role of CNTs in stem cell therapy
- 8: Conclusion
- References
- Section D: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials for biomedical imaging for diagnostics
- Chapter 16: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials for biomedical imaging
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Characterization of carbon nanomaterials
- 3: Applications of drug-loaded carbon nanomaterials for imaging
- 4: Carbon nanomaterial-based bioimaging using animal imaging system
- 5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 17: Current advancement and development of functionalized carbon nanomaterials for biomedical therapy
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Effectiveness of carbon nanomaterials in biomedical therapy
- 3: Carbon nanotubes
- 4: Carbon nanofibers
- 5: Nanodiamonds
- 6: Carbon dots
- 7: Graphene
- 8: Fullerenes
- References
- Section E: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials for bio-barcodes for clinical tests
- Chapter 18: Functionalization of carbon nanotubes: A multifaceted and upcoming diagnostic tool in the clinical domain
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)
- 3: Need for functionalization of carbon nanotubes
- 4: Functionalization techniques used in carbon nanotubes
- 5: Biomedical applications of FCNTs
- 6: Diverse applications of functionalized CNTs in diagnostics
- 7: Concluding remarks and future outlook
- Important websites
- References
- Section F: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials for point-of-care applications
- Chapter 19: Innovative progress in functionalized carbon nanomaterials, their hybrids, and nanocomposites: Fabrication, antibacterial, biomedical, bioactivity, and biosensor applications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biomedical utilization of functionalized carbon nanomaterials
- 3: Antibacterial utilization of functionalized carbon nanomaterials
- 4: Biosensor utilization of functionalized carbon nanomaterials
- 5: Bioactivity utilization of functionalized carbon nanomaterials
- 6: Conclusions and future research directions
- A number of important websites
- References
- Section G: Regulatory and toxicological perspectives of carbon nanomaterials
- Chapter 20: Regulatory and toxicological perspectives of carbon nanomaterials
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Classification of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs)
- 3: Synthesis of carbon nanomaterials
- 4: Toxicity investigations for carbon nanomaterials
- 5: Ecotoxicity of carbon nanomaterials
- 6: Issues and research needs in carbon nanomaterial toxicology
- 7: Biodegradation of carbon nanomaterials
- 8: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 21: Perspectives for the toxicological and biodegradation field of carbonaceous nanomaterials and their hybrids
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Different kinds of carbon nanomaterials
- 3: Effect of CNTs on biological cells
- 4: Effect of fullerene on biological cells
- 5: Effect of graphene on biological cells
- 6: Effect of carbon-based QDs on biological cells
- 7: Effect of carbon black on biological cells
- 8: Biodegradation of carbon nanomaterials
- 9: Conclusions
- 10: Important websites about the topic
- References
- Section H: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials (FCNMs)—A green and sustainable vision
- Chapter 22: Functionalized carbon nanomaterials (FCNMs): Green and sustainable vision
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Fundamental characteristics of carbon nanomaterials
- 3: Advantages of functionalized carbon nanomaterials (FCNMs) over conventional materials
- 4: Green and sustainable strategies for the functionalization of various carbon nanomaterials
- 5: Applications of functionalized carbon nanomaterials (FCNMs) for a sustainable future
- 6: Conclusion and future prospects
- Important websites
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 17, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 586
- No. of pages (eBook): 586
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128243664
- eBook ISBN: 9780128243671
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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.