Nanomaterials for Bioapplications: Chemical Stability and Biosafety
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 1239
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cytotoxicity; genotoxicity; nanoparticles for biological applications; nanotoxicity; drug delivery
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Interests: in vitro cell culture; cytotoxicity; genotoxicity; cancer therapy; nanobiomedicine; nanotoxicology; human health; environmental toxicology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Engineered nanomaterials are being investigated due to their increasing biological applications, including drug and gene delivery, biosensors, cancer treatment, and diagnostic tools. In this context, the stability and biosafety of nanomaterials are important aspects that need to be monitored for their successful biomedical application. Nanoparticles interact with biologic systems leading to their distribution, elimination, metabolism, and aggregation. Therefore, the stability of the nanoparticles is also a main topic of concern in their bioapplications.
The present Special Issue of Nanomaterials aims to present the current state-of-the-art developments of the use of nanomaterial for biomedical applications including therapy (e.g., drug delivery, gene delivery, phototherapies, and immunotherapy), imaging, diagnosis, theranostics, biosensing, and tissue engineering. The relationship between nanoparticle stability and physical/chemical properties will be discussed, as will the mechanisms of promoting nanoparticle stability. Moreover, we also expect to provide new insights into the understanding of the contribution of surface chemistry to the stability, dissolution behavior, cytotoxicity, biodistribution, and biodegradation.
We invite authors to contribute original research articles, reviews, and short communications covering current progress in the use of nanomaterials for bioapplications.
Dr. Helena Oliveira
Dr. Verónica Bastos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- inorganic and organic nanoparticles
- synthesis of nanomaterials
- functionalization and surface modification
- thermal therapies
- phototherapies
- biomedical applications
- hybrid nanomaterials
- multifunctional nanoparticles
- targeted nanomaterials as delivery systems
