Nanotechnology Characterization Tools for Environment, Health, and Safety

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Assessing the Adverse Effects of Two-Dimensional Materials Using Cell Culture-Based Models

   • Lidiane Silva Franqui, Luis Augusto Visani de Luna, Thomas Loret, Diego Stefani Teodoro Martinez, Cyrill Bussy

   Pages 1-46

3. Biotransformation and Potential Adverse Effects of Rare Earth Oxide Nanoparticles

   • Ruth Hwang, Chong Hyun Chang, Yifang Zhu, Tian Xia

   Pages 47-63

4. Evaluation of Biodistribution, Toxicology, and Toxicologic Pathology of Nanomaterials Used to Deliver Nucleic Acids

   • H. Denny Liggitt

   Pages 65-102

5. Evaluating Carcinogenic Potential of Carbon Nanomaterials

   • Rajib Ghosh, Yon Rojanasakul

   Pages 103-144

6. Nanotechnology-Based Remediation of Groundwater

   • Tannaz Pak, Nathaly Lopes Archilha, Luiz Fernando de Lima Luz Jr.

   Pages 145-165

7. Nanoscale Graphene-Based Environmental Gas Sensing

   • Manoharan Muruganathan, Hiroshi Mizuta

   Pages 167-185

8. Nanotechnology-Enabled Point-of-Use (POU) Filters for Drinking Water Disinfection

   • Lok R. Pokhrel, Rebecca L. Dean, Zachary L. Jacobs, William B. Burrows

   Pages 187-216

9. Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles: Potential for Revolutionizing Treatment of Diseases

   • Beverly A. Rzigalinski, Charles S. Carfagna Jr.

   Pages 217-243

10. Nanoparticles-Based Flexible Wearable Sensors for Health Monitoring Applications

    • Anindya Nag, Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay

    Pages 245-284

11. Tools and Techniques for Purification of Water Using Nano Materials

    • Barış Şimşek, İnci Sevgili, Özge Bildi Ceran, Haluk Korucu

    Pages 285-322

12. Caenorhabditis elegans Nematode: A Versatile Model to Evaluate the Toxicity of Nanomaterials In Vivo

    • Svetlana Batasheva, Gölnur Fakhrullina, Farida Akhatova, Rawil Fakhrullin

    Pages 323-345

13. Back Matter

    Pages 347-353

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Tenth volume of a 40 volume series on nanoscience and nanotechnology, edited by the renowned scientist Challa S.S.R. Kumar. This handbook gives a comprehensive overview about Nanotechnology Characterization Tools for Environment, Health, and Safety. Modern applications and state-of-the-art techniques are covered and make this volume an essential reading for research scientists in academia and industry.

• Nanotechnology
• Nanomaterials
• Nanomaterials Characterization
• Environment
• Health
• Safety

• Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC), Rowland Institute of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

  Challa S.S.R. Kumar

Dr. Challa S.S.R. Kumar is currently with Harvard University as a Managing Director. He was previously the Director of Nanofabrication and Nanomaterials at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, USA. He is also President and CEO of Magnano Technologies and has some years of industrial R&D experience working for Imperial Chemical Industries and United Breweries. His main research interests are the development of novel synthetic methods, including those based on microfluidic reactors, for the synthesis of multifunctional nanomaterials. Dr. Kumar is the winner of the 2006 Nano 50 Technology Award for his work in magnetic-based nanoparticles for cancer imaging and treatment. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the international journal “Nanotechnology Reviews”. He has been editor and author of several books and journal articles, and the founding editor of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology.

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