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1 online resource |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Micro & nano technologies series |
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Micro & nano technologies.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed August 15, 2018). |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Chapter 1 -- Nanostructures for imaging, medical diagnostics and therapy; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Types of nanoparticles for nanomedicine; 2.1 -- Organic nanoparticles; 2.1.1 -- Liposomes and lipid nanoparticles; 2.1.2 -- Micelles and solid polymeric nanoparticles; 2.1.3 -- Dendritic nanoparticles; 2.2 -- Inorganic nanoparticles; 2.2.1 -- Metal-based nanoparticles; 2.2.2 -- Carbon-based nanoparticles; 2.2.3 -- Silica nanoparticles; 3 -- Nanoparticles for diagnostics; 3.1 -- In vitro diagnostics. |
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3.1.1 -- Assays based on fluorescent nanoparticles3.1.2 -- Assays based on plasmonic nanoparticles; 3.1.3 -- Assays based on superparamagnetic nanoparticles; 3.1.4 -- Assays based on electric properties of nanostructures; 3.2 -- In vivo imaging; 3.2.1 -- Optical imaging; 3.2.2 -- Magnetic resonance imaging; 3.2.3 -- Radioisotope imaging; 3.2.4 -- X-ray computed tomography; 4 -- Nanoparticles for therapy; 4.1 -- Cancer nanomedicine; 4.1.1 -- Active targeting of nanoparticles; 4.1.2 -- Material-based therapeutic approaches; 4.1.3 -- Nanodrug-delivery systems; 4.2 -- Nanomedicine for other applications. |
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4.2.1 -- Infection4.2.2 -- Osteoporosis; 4.2.3 -- Gene therapy; 5 -- Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 2 -- Nature's nanoparticles: using viruses as nanomedicines and for bioimaging; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Plant virus-like particles (VLPs) and viral nanoparticles; Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV); Cowpea chlorotic mosaic virus (CCMV); Potato virus X (PVX); 2.1 -- Expression of plant VLPs; Nuclear transformation; Plant virus-based expression systems; 2.2 -- Advantages of plant VLPs as nanoparticles; 2.3 -- Disadvantages of plant VLPs; 3 -- Plant VLPs and viral nanoparticles in drug delivery. |
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3.1 -- Strategies for loading drugs into viral NPs3.2 -- Drug bioconjugation to the viral capsids; 4 -- Medical applications of viral nanoparticles (VNPs); 4.1 -- VNPs as drug carriers; 4.2 -- VNPs as bioimaging agents; 5 -- Conclusions; References; Chapter 3 -- Catalytic applications of Janus nanoparticles; 1 -- Introduction; 1.1 -- Masking and immobilization method of functionalization; 2 -- Janus nanoparticles for liquid/liquid interfacial catalysis; 2.1 -- Janus nanoparticles to stabilize Pickering emulsions; 2.2 -- Biomass refining "phase selectivity." |
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2.3 -- Snowman-like Janus nanoparticles to 4-nitrophenol and 4-nitroanisole reduction3 -- Janus nanoparticles to photocatalytic applications; References; Chapter 4 -- Tailored nanomaterials for antimicrobial applications; 1 -- Introduction; 2 -- Antimicrobial mechanisms of nanomaterials; 3 -- Antimicrobial nanomaterials; 3.1 -- Nanometals; 3.1.1 -- Silver nanoparticles; 3.1.2 -- Copper nanoparticles; 3.1.3 -- Iron nanoparticles; 3.2 -- Metal oxides nanostructures; 3.2.1 -- TiO2 nanoparticles; 3.2.2 -- ZnO nanoparticles; 3.2.3 -- MgO nanoparticles; 3.3 -- Carbonaceous nanomaterials. |
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3.3.1 -- Graphene and its derivatives. |
| Summary |
'Fundamentals of Nanoparticles' explores the nanoparticles and architecture of nanostructured materials being used today in a comprehensive, detailed manner. This book focuses primarily on the characterization, properties and synthesis of nanoscale materials. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Nanostructured materials.
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Nanostructures |
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Nanomatériaux.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference.
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Nanostructured materials
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| Added Author |
Barhoum, Ahmed, editor.
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Makhlouf, Abdel Salam Hamdy, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fundamentals of nanoparticles. Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2018 9780323512558 0323512550 (OCoLC)1001456470 |
| ISBN |
9780128135174 (electronic bk.) |
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0128135174 (electronic bk.) |
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9780323512558 (print) |
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0323512550 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000063952980 |
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AU@ 000064400255 |
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UKMGB 018718589 |
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