Nanodiamonds

Nanodiamonds: Applications in Biology and Nanoscale Medicine highlights the translation of nanodiamonds toward clinical relevance and medical applications.

Integrating a spectrum of internationally-recognized experts currently developing these technologies, this book fits as a cornerstone of this exciting field. These include contributions from clinician scientists working at the interface of medicine and nanotechnologies which discuss the critical and requisite properties of nanomaterials, in a concise and cohesive manner.

Nanodiamonds: Applications in Biology and Nanoscale Medicine provides a multidisciplinary overview of nanodiamonds and there uses for scientific, engineering and clinical audiences alike.

Appeals broadly to researchers involved with nanomedicine Includes contributions from world-renowned experts in carbon-based drug delivery Highlights a paradigm shift in translational applications in novel materials in medicine Provides in-depth insight into biological responses from nanodiamond exposure Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Klappentext

Nanodiamonds: Applications in Biology and Nanoscale Medicine highlights how nanodiamonds have emerged in clinical and medical relevance through assisting in the processes of drug delivery, cellular interrogation and detection, among others. This book collects the work of internationally-recognized experts in order to give the reader a view of nanodiamonds' vast potential as a useful platform in scientific, engineering and clinical communities. Editor Dean Ho uses his many years of experience working with nanodiamonds to show how the transcendent potential of nanodiamonds, while also:

• Including contributions from clinical scientists, experts in carbon-based drug delivery and materials researchers.

• Highlighting a paradigm shift in translational applications of novel materials like nanodiamonds in medicine.

• Providing in-depth insight into biological responses to nanodiamond exposure. **

  Nanodiamonds: Applications in Biology and Nanoscale Medicine is a must-read for anyone working in the fields of biomedicine, nanotechnology or biochemistry, and will also appeal to any researchers or engineers with an interest in these fields.

  Zusammenfassung

Nanodiamonds: Applications in Biology and Nanoscale Medicine highlights the translation of nanodiamonds toward clinical relevance and medical applications.

Integrating a spectrum of internationally-recognized experts currently developing these technologies, this book fits as a cornerstone of this exciting field. These include contributions from clinician scientists working at the interface of medicine and nanotechnologies which discuss the critical and requisite properties of nanomaterials, in a concise and cohesive manner.

Nanodiamonds: Applications in Biology and Nanoscale Medicine provides a multidisciplinary overview of nanodiamonds and there uses for scientific, engineering and clinical audiences alike.

Inhalt
Single-Nano Buckydiamond Particles.- Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanodiamond Graphitization.- The Fundamental Properties and Characteristics of Nanodiamonds.- Detonation Nanodiamond Particles Processing, Modification and Bioapplications.- Functionalization of Nanodiamond for Specific Biorecognition.- Development and Use of Fluorescent Nanodiamonds as Cellular Markers.- Nanodiamond-Mediated Delivery of Therapeutics via Particle and Thin Film Architectures.- Polymeric Encapsulation of NanodiamondChemotherapeutic Complexes for Localized Cancer Treatment.- ProteinNanodiamond Complexes for Cellular Surgery.- Microfluidic Platforms for Nanoparticle Delivery and Nanomanufacturing in Biology and Medicine.- Biomechanics of Single Cells and Cell Populations.- Design of Nanodiamond Based Drug Delivery Patch for Cancer Therapeutics and Imaging Applications.