Carbon Nanotubes

From Bench Chemistry to Promising Biomedical Applications
Herausgeber: Pastorin, Giorgia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book represents a critical evaluation of the most recent discoveries about carbon nanotubes and includes a cautious description of their impact on personal health and environmental pollution. It also offers an overview of the main research groups around the world which have been focusing their efforts on the exploitation of this intriguing material, with the purpose of inspiring young scientists to follow their pathway.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 180mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 930g
• ISBN-13: 9789814241687
• ISBN-10: 9814241687
• Artikelnr.: 29964864

Autorenporträt

Giorgia Pastorin received her MSc (110/110 cum laude) in pharmaceutical and chemistry technologies in 2000 and her PhD in 2004 from the University of Trieste, Italy. She then moved to France for two years of postdoctoral fellowship at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Strasbourg, where she acquired some skills in drug delivery under the supervision of Dr Alberto Bianco. She joined the National University of Singapore in June 2006 as assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors. Preface. Stabilisation of Carbon Nanotube Suspensions.
Introduction. Functionalised CNTs for Drug Delivery. Surface-Active Agents
in Stabilising CNT Suspensions. Stabilisation of Aqueous Suspensions of
Carbon Nanotubes by Self-Assembling Block Copolymers. Stabilisation of
Aqueous Suspensions of Carbon Nanotubes by Chitosan and its Derivatives.
Biomedical Applications I: Delivery of Drugs. Introduction. Non-Covalent
Functionalisation on the External Walls. "Defect" Functionalisation at the
Tips and Sidewalls
Covalent Functionalisation on the External Sidewalls. Encapsulation Inside
CNTs Conclusions and Perspectives. Biomedical Applications II: In_luence of
Carbon Nanotubes in Cancer Therapy. Importance of Nanotechnology in Cancer
Therapy. Carbon Nanotubes: A Brief Overview. Carbon Nanotubes as Drug
Vectors in Cancer Treatment. Delivery of Oligonucleotides Mediated by
Carbon Nanotubes. Carbon Nanotubes in Radiotherapy. Carbon Nanotubes in
Thermal Ablation. Biosensors Based on Carbon Nanotubes. Conclusions.
Biomedical Applications III: Delivery of Immunostimulants and Vaccines.
Introduction to the Immune System. Immunogenic Response of Peptide Antigens
Conjugated to Functionalised CNTs. Interaction of Functionalised CNTs with
CPG Motifs and Their Immunostimulatory Activity. Immunogenicity of Carbon
Nanotubes. Conclusions. Biomedical Applications IV: Carbon Nanotube-Nucleic
Acid Complexes for Biosensors, Gene Delivery and Selective Cancer Therapy.
Introduction. Interaction of CNTs with Nucleic Acids. Sensors and
Nanocomposites. CNT-Nucleic Acid Complexes for Gene Delivery and Selective
Cancer Treatment. Biomedical Applications V: In_luence of Carbon Nanotubes
in Neuronal Living Networks. Introduction. Effects of Carbon Nanotubes on
Neuronal Cells' Adhesion, Growth, Morphology and Differentiation.
Electrical Stimulation of Neuronal Cells Grown on Carbon Nanotube-Based
Substrates. Investigation of the Mechanisms of the Electrical Interactions
Between CNTs and Neurons. Conclusions and Perspectives. Biomedical
Applications VI: Carbon Nanotubes as Biosensing and Bio-interfacial
Materials. Introduction. Biosensor. Bio-interface. Conclusions. Toxicity of
Carbon Nanotubes. Introduction. Parameters Responsible for the Toxicity of
CNTs. Environmental Exposure. Conclusion. Overview on the Major Research
Activities on Carbon Nanotubes being done in America, Europe and Asia.
Introduction. America. Europe. Asia. Index.