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Nanophototherapy

Preparations and Applications

  • 1st Edition - August 23, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Panchanathan Manivasagan, Jayachandran Venkatesan, Eue-Soon Jang
  • Language: English

Nanophototherapy: Preparations and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the various multifunctional nanoparticles used for phototherapy, with an emphasis on fundament… Read more

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Description

Nanophototherapy: Preparations and Applications provides a comprehensive overview of the various multifunctional nanoparticles used for phototherapy, with an emphasis on fundamental nanotechnology and the latest research of photothermal therapy (PTT) and photodynamic therapy (PDT). The different types of phototherapeutic nanomaterials are thoroughly described, along with their structural features and synthesis. This is the first book to cover nanomaterial-based phototherapy for both cancer and bacterial infections. It is an essential resource for researchers, academics, and professionals interested in the potential of multifunctional nanomaterials for therapeutic applications.

Key features

  • Overviews the types, structural features, design, and fabrication of advanced nanomaterial-based phototherapy of cancer and microbial infections
  • Provides fundamentals and reviews the latest research on nanomaterial-based phototherapy for the treatment of cancer and bacterial infections
  • Features definitions, synthesis, and characterization of various nanomaterials, such as NIR-based metals, photosensitizer-loaded nanomaterials, polymer nanoparticles, and more

Readership

Academic researchers and advanced students in the fields of Materials Science, Nanotechnology/Nanomedicine, and Biomedical Science, Industrial R&D in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries

Table of contents

Part I Introduction of nanophototherapy

1. Introduction to nanophototherapy

2. Milestones in nanotechnology-aided cancer phototherapy

3. Light responsive plasmonic nanomaterials applied to cancer phototherapy

4. Nanohydrogels for application in phototherapy

5. Nanomaterial based phototherapy for cancer and infectious disease treatment

Part II Photothermal therapy of cancer

6. Noble metal nanoparticles for photothermal therapy

7. Conjugated polymer nanoparticles for photothermal therapy of cancer

8. Carbon dot_based photonic nanomaterials for photothermal tumor therapy

9. MXenes in photothermal cancer therapy: applications and advances

Part III Photodynamic therapy of cancer

10. Metallic nanoparticles for photodynamic cancer therapy

11. Metal nanoparticles effect on the efficiency of organic sensitizers

12. Recent progress in multifunctional conjugated nanocarriers for photodynamic therapy of tumors

13. Lipids and natural polymer_based carrier systems for photodynamic therapy

14. Metal organic framework based photodynamic therapy for cancer treatment

15. Supramolecular photosensitizer-dendrimer complexes for photodynamic therapy in cancer treatment

Part IV Combination therapy of cancer

16. Photothermal-chemotherapy: the emerging supramolecular photothermal
molecules and the recent advances

17. Green inorganic metal nanomaterials for combination nanotherapy: synthesis, advantages, and future perspectives

18. Phototherapy meets chemodynamic therapy: a win-win strategy rejuvenating cancer treatment

19. Nanophotosensitizer-based photothermal therapy for cancer immunotherapy

20. Nanotechnology at the forefront of liver cancer diagnosis

21. Unveiling the potential of combining photodynamic with anti-vascular therapy for cancer treatment

Part V Phototherapy of microbial infections

22. Ultradeformable nanoparticles for active targeting of microbial infections: a photothermal approach

23. Nanoenabled photodynamic therapy of microbial infections

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 23, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

PM

Panchanathan Manivasagan

Dr. Panchanathan Manivasagan is a Research Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Bio-Science at Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT) in Gumi, South Korea. A primary focus of his current research is the development of multifunctional nanomaterials for multimodal imaging (in vivo fluorescence imaging, photoacoustic imaging, CT imaging, and MR imaging) and therapy (chemotherapy, phototherapy, chemodynamic therapy, electrodynamic therapy, sonodynamic therapy, immunotherapy, starvation therapy, and electrolytic ablation therapy) for cancer and microbial infections.

Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea

JV

Jayachandran Venkatesan

Dr. Jayachandran Venkatesan M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. is an assistant professor in Yenepoya Research Centre (YRC), Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), India. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Division of Bioengineering, Incheon National University, and Hanyang University, South Korea. Previously, he worked as a Research Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Marine Bioprocess Research Center (MBPRC) at Pukyong National University, South Korea. He received his Master of Science in chemistry from Thiruvalluvar University in 2005. Further, He received his Ph.D. from Pukyong National University in 2011. His primary research interests are the investigation and development of naturally derived polymers, ceramics, and protein-based materials for biomedical applications. Furthermore, he works on natural biomaterials for tissue engineering and drug delivery applications.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Yenepoya Research Centre, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India

EJ

Eue-Soon Jang

Prof. Eue-Soon Jang is a Professor at the Department of Chemistry & Bio-Science at Kumoh National Institute of Technology (KIT) in Gumi, South Korea. He has held positions as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, USA, and at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at POSTECH in South Korea. Additionally, he worked as a Senior Researcher in the Department of Future Technology Research at Korea Telecom in South Korea. Prof. Jang obtained his B.Sc. degree from the Department of Chemistry at Chungnam National University in South Korea and his Master's and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Chemistry at Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea. His research program primarily revolves around the synthesis of various metal nanoparticles and the crystal engineering of solid nanoparticles.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, South Korea

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