Nano-Bio Interactions: Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2018) | Viewed by 37123
Special Issue Editors
Interests: applications of spectroscopy and the study of molecular and nano-materials; recent activities have extended to biospectroscopy for diagnostics and biochemical analysis and nano-bio interactions
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Interests: immunotoxicology; nano–bio interactions; nanomedicine
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The 21st century has truly become the age of nanotechnology. Nanomaterials, design strategies, and processing have already impacted significantly in areas of materials science and electronics, with many commercial applications are already available on the consumer market. However, the ability to manipulate material functions and interactions on a scale of tens of nanometers, that of biological subcellular organelles, may yet prove to impact most significantly on human health and the environment. Design of nanometer-scale contrast, drug and nutrient delivery agents, as well as nanostructured materials for improved biocompatible interfaces, have opened up a whole new realm of nanomedicine. Equally, however, the ever increasing, to date largely unregulated, proliferation of nanoscale materials into the consumer environment has raised concerns over the potential detrimental impacts of uncontrolled exposure on human health and the environment. This Special Issue aims to gather the state of play understanding of the fundamentals of Nano–Bio interactions, how they potentially impact human health and the environment, and how research has progressed our understanding of how they can be exploited for the betterment of healthcare.
Prof. Dr. Hugh J. Byrne,
Dr. Sourav P. Mukherjee
Dr. Pratap C. Naha
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Structure activity relationship (SAR) governing Nano-Bio Interactions
- Nanomedicine
- Medical Diagnostics
- Theranostics
- Regenerative Medicine
- Nanotechnology in Food
- Nanotoxicology
- Nano-Immunotoxicology
- Eco-Nanotoxciology
- Fate and biodegradation of nanomaterials
- Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion (ADME) of medical nanoparticles
- Occupational hazards induced by nanomaterials
- Legislative issues
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