Main description:

This book covers a wide range of topics relating to carbon nanomaterials, from synthesis and functionalization to applications in advanced biomedical devices and systems. As they possess unique and attractive chemical, physical, optical, and even magnetic properties for various applications, considerable effort has been made to employ carbon nanomaterials (e.g., fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanodiamond) as new materials for the development of novel biomedical tools, such as diagnostic sensors, imaging agents, and drug/gene delivery systems for both diagnostics and clinical treatment. Tremendous progress has been made and the scattered literature continues to grow rapidly.

With chapters by world-renowned experts providing an overview of the state of the science as well as an understanding of the challenges that lie ahead, Carbon Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications is essential reading not only for experienced scientists and engineers in biomedical and nanomaterials areas, but also for graduate students and advanced undergraduates in materials science and engineering, chemistry, and biology.

Contents:

Part I Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanomaterials.- Fullerenes.- Carbon nanotubes.- Graphene.- Nanodiamond.- Carbon nanomaterials doped with heteroatoms.- Carbon nanomaterials with special architectures.- Part II Functionalization of carbon nanomaterials for bio-applications.- Functionalization of fullerenes.- Functionalization of carbon nanotubes.- Functionalization of grapheme.- Functionalization of nanodiamond.- Supermolecular assembly of carbon nanomaterials.- Part III Cytotoxicity and Genotoxicity of carbon nanomaterials.- Cytotoxicity of graphitic carbon nanomaterials.- Cytotoxicity of non-graphitic carbon nanomaterials.- Genotoxicity of carbon nanomaterials .- Interaction of carbon nanomaterials with innate immune systems.- Strategies of generating low toxic carbon nanomaterials for biomedical applications.- Part IV Biomedical applications of carbon nanomaterials.- Carbon nanomaterials for sensors.- Carbon nanomaterials for drug delivery.- Carbon nanomaterials for gene delivery.- Carbon nanomaterials in regenerative medicine for tissue engineering and cell therapy.- Carbon nanomaterial for NIR imaging and cell tracking.- Carbon nanomaterial for optical imaging and targeted drug delivery.- Carbon nanomaterials as X-ray emitters for biomedical diagnostics.- Carbon nanomaterial-nanoparticle hybrids in multimodal systems for diagnosis, imaging, and treatment of diseases.- Carbon nanomaterials as biomaterials for artificial teeth, bones, and other body parts.- Part V Outlook.- Carbon nanomaterials for biomimetic/bioinspired systems beyond the conventional biomedical engineering.