Principles and Applications of Antimicrobial Nanomaterials
- 1st Edition - August 19, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Joseph L. Graves Jr
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 2 1 0 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 2 6 3 - 7
Principles and Applications of Antimicrobial Nanomaterials introduces the reader to the microbial world, antimicrobial nanomaterials, how microbial evolution works, and how knowl… Read more
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Request a sales quotePrinciples and Applications of Antimicrobial Nanomaterials introduces the reader to the microbial world, antimicrobial nanomaterials, how microbial evolution works, and how knowledge of these areas can facilitate the development of sustainable antimicrobials.
Due to the widespread occurrence of multidrug-resistant microbes, there is an increasing interest in the use of novel nanostructured materials as antimicrobials. This book is designed to help researchers from fields such as materials science, nanoscience, and nanoengineering who are attempting to develop these antimicrobial materials.
- Provides crucial background in microbiology and microbial evolution to help researchers design experiments that can produce sustainable results
- Offers detailed coverage on the antimicrobial properties of different types of nanomaterials
- Discusses the major challenges of using nanomaterials for antimicrobial applications
Materials scientists and engineers
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Part 1: Nano and microbes, a brief history
- Chapter 1. The nanoscale: definitions
- Abstract
- The nanoscale
- References
- Chapter 2. Characteristics of nanomaterials: composition, coating, size, shape, surface properties, physical properties (inorganic, polymeric)
- Abstract
- Composition
- References
- Chapter 3. Manufacture of nanomaterials—environmental exposure, toxicity, green synthesis, and sustainability
- Abstract
- Environmental fate of nanomaterials
- References
- Chapter 4. Natural nanomaterials—microbial exposure
- Abstract
- Naturally occurring metallic/metallic oxide nanoparticles
- References
- Chapter 5. Multidrug-resistant microbes and the “magic bullet”—metallic, metallic oxides—nanoparticles
- Abstract
- Metal resistance in microbes
- No “magic bullet”
- References
- Part 2: Microbial diversity
- Chapter 6. Three domains of life—structure and function (Bacteria, Archaea, Eucarya)
- Abstract
- Antimicrobial nanomaterials and phylogeny
- References
- Chapter 7. Bacteriophages and viruses (not alive, but important)
- Abstract
- Bacteriophages
- References
- Chapter 8. Microbial view of the periodic table
- Abstract
- From
- References
- Chapter 9. Microbial defense
- Abstract
- Prevention of entry
- Efflux of toxic materials
- Sequestration
- Alteration of impacted substrates
- Persister cells
- Biofilms
- Summary
- References
- Part 3: Microbes and why they matter
- Chapter 10. Food—spoilage, preservation, industrial microbiology
- Abstract
- Carbon nanotubes and agricultural plants
- References
- Chapter 11. Environment—biogeochemical cycles, pollution
- Abstract
- The carbon cycle
- References
- Chapter 12. Microbiomes – naturally occurring and engineered
- Abstract
- The resident microbiome
- Effect of pollution on microbiomes
- References
- Chapter 13. Pharmaceuticals/biotechnology—engineered proteins, vaccines, DNA vaccines
- Abstract
- Nanomaterial drug carriers
- References
- Part 4: Microbial evolution
- Chapter 14. Organic evolution: principles
- Abstract
- Heredity
- Genetic drift
- References
- Chapter 15. What Darwin never saw: how things differ between the microbial and macroscopic world. (Horizontal gene transfer, co-selection, persister cells)
- Abstract
- Variation
- Heredity
- Natural selection
- References
- Chapter 16. Classic studies of microbial evolution (antibiotic, metal)
- Abstract
- Example 1. Evolution of resistance to an antimicrobial peptide
- Example 2. Epistasis and multidrug resistance
- Example 3. Experimental evolution of gallium resistance in bacteria
- References
- Chapter 17. Conclusion: towards sustainable antimicrobial nanomaterials
- Abstract
- Toward sustainable antimicrobials
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 19, 2021
- No. of pages (Paperback): 344
- No. of pages (eBook): 344
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128221051
- eBook ISBN: 9780128232637
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Joseph L. Graves Jr
Joseph L. Graves, Jr. is a professor of biological sciences in the Department of Biology, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, United States. His research focuses on the evolutionary genomics of adaptation, particularly as relevant to postponed aging and bacterial responses to nanomaterials.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biology, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, USARead Principles and Applications of Antimicrobial Nanomaterials on ScienceDirect