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Nanomaterials for Theranostics and Tissue Engineering: Techniques, Trends and Applications provides information on the major methodologies for the application of nanomaterials in the medical field. In recent years, nanotechnology for medicine, commonly known as bionanotechnology, or nanomedicine, has revolutionized various types of medical treatment. This book is intended for practicing engineers and scientists, and includes detailed, readily applicable protocols. It focuses on 4 major themes, including the synthesis of nanosystems for controlled drug delivery, nanotechnology-enhanced sensing systems, the application of nanotechnologies to the synthesis of novel biomaterials, and safety issues related to the application of medicinal nanotechnology.
Section 1: Nanosystems for controlled drug delivery
1. Polymeric nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery
2. Nanovescicles for controlled drug delivery
3. Novel strategies to improve delivery performances
4. HR-MAS: novel technologies to measure delivery performances
5. Mathematical models for controlled drug delivery
Section 2: Nanotechnology-enhanced sensing systems
6. Nanogold for theranostics (A. S. Thakor - Stanford University)
7. Nanostructured substrates for SERS spectroscopy (A. Bonifacio, V. Sergo -
University of Trieste)
8. Quantum dots (W. Zhou - University of Texas at Arlington)
9. Nanowires for sensing applications (J. D. Holmes - University College Cork)
10. Surface plasmon resonance and SPR microscopy (N. Ly - Biosensing
Instruments Inc.)
Section 3: Nanobiomaterials for tissue engineering
11. Electrospun nanofibers (V. Guarino, L. Ambrosio - CNR)
12. Viral nanoparticles (N. F. Steinmetz - Case Western Reserve University)
13. Self-assembling peptides (E. S. Kim - University of Washington)
14. Graphene: medical applications (S. Bellucci - INFN)
15. Carbon nanotubes (A. Memic - King Abdulaziz University)
16. Bioactive nanoceramics (A. R. Boccaccini – University of Erlangen)
Section 4: Safety issues of medical nanotechnologies
17. Nanosafety issues (C. Schimpel - BioNanoNet)
18. Regulatory perspectives on medical nanotechnologies (I. De Angelis - ISS)
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