Nagarajan, Ramanathan.

Nanomaterials for biomedicine / Ramanathan Nagarajan, editor, Molecular Sciences and Engineering Team, Natick Soldier Research Development & Engineering Center, Natick, Massachusetts ; sponsored by the ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry. - 1st ed - Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; [Oxford] : Distributed in print by Oxford University Press, Inc., 2012 - xii, 327 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. - ACS symposium series ; 1119 .

Includes bibliographical references.

Biochemistry and biomedical applications of spherical nucleic acids (SNAS) -- Assembly of virus particles and virus-like particles as templates for biomedical applications -- Historical overview of the first two waves of bactericidal agents and development of the third wave of potent disinfectants -- Development of porous nanomaterials for applications in drug delivery and imaging -- Application of carbon nanotubes to wound healing biotechnology -- Polysaccharide functionalized magnetic nanoparticles for cell labeling and tracking: a new three-dimensional cell-array system for toxicity testing -- Halloysite nanoclay for controlled release applications -- Bioconjugated gold nanoparticle for rapid capture and targeted photothermal lysis of pathogenic bacteria -- Nanostructures conjugated with nucleic acids and their applications -- Laser-induced rupture of infrared dye-doped liposomes -- Glucan particles as carriers of nanoparticles for macrophage-targeted delivery -- Glyconanoparticles for gene delivery -- Nano-based technological applications for central nervous system injuries.

9780841227187 (alk. paper)

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Nanomedicine.
Nanostructured materials--Health aspects.
Biomedical engineering.

R857.N34 / N352 2012

610.28 / N.R.N 2012