Description
Book SynopsisCarbon nanostructures, namely fullerenes, single and multiwall carbon nanotubes, graphene as well as the most recent graphene quantum dots and carbon nanodots, have experienced a tremendous progress along the last two decades in terms of the knowledge acquired on their chemical and physical properties. These insights have enabled their increasing use in biomedical applications, from scaffolds to devices. Edited by renowned experts in the subject, this book collects and delineates the most notable advances within the growing field surrounding carbon nanostructures for biomedical purposes. Exploration ranges from fundamentals around classifications to toxicity, biocompatibility and the immune response. Modified nanocarbon-based materials and emergent classes, such as carbon dots and nanohorns are discussed, with chapters devoted from carriers for drug delivery and inhibitors of emergent viruses infection, to applications across imaging, biosensors, tissue scaffolding and biotechnology. The book will provide a valuable reference resource and will extensively benefit researchers and professionals working across the fields of chemistry, materials science, and biomedical and chemical engineering.
Table of ContentsCarbon Nanostructures: Drug Delivery and Beyond; Carbon Nanomaterials as Carriers of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs; Multivalent Glycosylated Carbon Nanostructures: Efficient Inhibitors of Emergent Viruses Infection; Carbon Nanostructures and Polysaccharides for Biomedical Materials; Biological Applications of Magnetically Empowered Carbon Nanotubes; Carbon Nanomaterials for Neuronal Tissue Engineering; Carbon Nanotubes for Cardiac Applications; Nanodiamonds and their Biological Applications; Carbon Nanomaterials for the Development of Biosensors for Microbe Detection and Diagnosis; Biotechnology Applications of Nanocarbons in Plant and Algal Systems
