
Principles and Applications of Antimicrobial Nanomaterials
Description
Key Features
- 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
Readership
Materials scientists and engineers
Table of Contents
Section One: Nano and Microbes, A Brief History
1. The Nanoscale: Definitions
2. Characteristics of nanomaterials: Composition, coating, size, shape, surface properties, physical properties (inorganic, polymeric)
3. Manufacture of nanomaterials - environmental exposure, toxicity, green synthesis, and sustainability
4. Natural nanomaterials - microbial exposure
5. MDR microbes and the "magic bullet." - metallic, metallic oxides - NPsSection Two: Microbial Diversity
6. Three Domains of Life - Structure and Function (Bacteria, Archaea, Eucarya)
7. Bacteriophages and Viruses (not alive, but important)
8. Microbial view of the periodic table
9. Microbial defenseSection Three: Microbes and Why they Matter
10. Food - Spoilage, Preservation, Industrial Microbiology
11. Environment - Biogeochemical Cycles, Pollution
12. Microbiomes - Naturally occurring and engineered
13. Disease - Infectious (acute/chronic)
14. Pharmaceuticals/Biotechnology - engineered proteins, vaccines, DNA vaccinesSection Four: Microbial Evolution
15. Organic Evolution: Principles
16. What Darwin Never Saw: How things differ between the microbial and macroscopic world. (Horizontal gene transfer, co-selection, persister cells)
17. Classic studies of microbial evolution (antibiotic, metal)
18. Evolution and nanomaterials (silver, copper, iron, gallium)
19. Conclusion: Towards Sustainable Antimicrobial Nanomaterials
Product details
- No. of pages: 344
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2021
- Published: August 19, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128221051
- eBook ISBN: 9780128232637
About the Author
Joseph Graves Jr
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