Photonanotechnology for Therapeutics and Imaging
- 1st Edition - February 14, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Seok Ki Choi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 8 4 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 7 8 4 1 - 6
Photonanotechnology for Therapeutics and Imaging surveys major concepts and recent advances in the use of photonanotechnology with nanomaterials reported in various interdisc… Read more
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Request a sales quotePhotonanotechnology for Therapeutics and Imaging surveys major concepts and recent advances in the use of photonanotechnology with nanomaterials reported in various interdisciplinary fields, including chemistry, materials science, biomedical engineering and biomedicine. This book discusses the impact of this technology on the advancement of therapeutic modalities and imaging methods in cancers, infectious diseases and other serious diseases. Photonanotechnology studies the design principle, application and development of photoactive nanomaterials. It applies light-controlled strategies for the development of nanotherapeutics, imaging agents and diagnostic nanodevices.
- Provides the latest information on photocontrolled drug delivery systems
- Details how photoactive nanomaterials are designed to release reactive oxygen species (ROS) for photodynamic therapy (PDT)
- Explains how photoactive nanomaterials have the ability to induce surface plasmonic heating for photothermal therapeutic (PTT) effects
Academics and R&D industry researchers in the fields of materials science, biomedical engineering, and biomedical research
- Edition: 1
- Published: February 14, 2020
- No. of pages (Paperback): 422
- No. of pages (eBook): 422
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128178409
- eBook ISBN: 9780128178416
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Seok Ki Choi
Seok Ki Choi is Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences at the University of Michigan Medical School, USA. He is also Associate Editor of the Elsevier journal NanoImpact. His research is focused on the development of nanotechnology platforms for targeted drug delivery and imaging devices in cancers and infectious diseases, and on exploring the active release mechanisms using photochemistry.
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Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, University of Michigan Medical School, USARead Photonanotechnology for Therapeutics and Imaging on ScienceDirect