
Nanotoxicity
Prevention and Antibacterial Applications of Nanomaterials
Description
Key Features
- Explains the underlying phenomena and fundamental mechanisms through which nanomaterials interact with organisms and physiological media
- Outlines major methods for mitigating and prevention of nanotoxicity
- Discusses the applications of nanomaterials-based antibiotics
Readership
Materials Scientists, Engineers and Toxicologists in academia
Table of Contents
PART 1: BASIC PRINCIPLES
1. Nano-toxicity: An introduction
2. Nanoparticle–physiological media interactions
3. In vitro standard methods for cellular toxicity of nanoparticles
4. In vivo studies: Nanotoxicity and its biodistribution in organisms
5. In vitro and in vivo inflammatory effect of nanoparticles
6. Standard biological assays for nanotoxicity and its biodistributionPART 2: TOXICITY OF NANOMATERIALS
7. Toxicity of metallic nanoparticles
8. Toxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles
9. Toxicity of ceramic nanomaterials
10. Toxicity of carbonaceous nanomaterials (CNTs, graphene)
11. Toxicity of polymeric nanomaterialsPART 3: PREVENTION OF NANOTOXICITY
12. General methods for detection and evaluation of nanotoxicity
13. General methods for mitigating nanotoxicity.
14. General regulations for safe manufacturer of nanomaterials
15. General regulations for safe application of nanomaterials
16. General regulations for safe disposal/exposure of nanomaterials
17. Nanomaterial waste managementPART 4: EMERGING ANTIBACTERIAL APPLICATIONS
18. Antibacterial activity of noble metals nanoparticles
19. Antibacterial activity of metal oxide nanoparticles
20. Antibacterial activity of noble metal- metal oxide hybrid nanoparticles
21. Antibacterial nanocoatings
22. Application in agri-food productions
23. Application in building materials
24. Antimicrobial nanomaterials for water disinfection
25. Antimicrobial nanomaterials for air disinfection/purification/remediationPART 5: CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
26. Current industrial scale up application
27. Future scope
Product details
- No. of pages: 504
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2020
- Published: April 8, 2020
- Imprint: Elsevier
- eBook ISBN: 9780128199442