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Nanomaterials and Their Biomedical Applications

  • An overview of the progress and prospects of nanomaterials and its biomedical applications
  • Introduces science and advanced nanotechnology together and their applications in cell biology and biomedical engineering
  • Covers different nanostructured material design, synthesis, processing, characterization, and their potential applications from nanoscale and nanomaterial perspective
  • Introduces different nanoscale and nanostructured materials for biomedical applications such as therapeutics, diagnostic, prosthesis, implant, drug discovery and drug delivery, etc
  • Covers an extensive range of the critical aspects of nanomaterials for biomedical applications

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering (SSBSE, volume 16)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Nanomaterials: An Introduction

    • Tarun Kumar Barik, Gopal Chandra Maity, Pallavi Gupta, L. Mohan, Tuhin Subhra Santra
    Pages 1-27
  3. Metallic Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications

    • Kavitha Illath, Syrpailyne Wankhar, Loganathan Mohan, Moeto Nagai, Tuhin Subhra Santra
    Pages 29-81
  4. Nanofibers and Nanosurfaces

    • Pearlin Hameed, Vignesh K. Manivasagam, Magesh Sankar, Ketul C. Popat, Geetha Manivasagam
    Pages 107-130
  5. Biomedical Applications of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials

    • Jyotsna, L. Stanley Abraham, Rathore Hanumant Singh, Ramesh C. Panda, T. Senthilvelan
    Pages 157-174
  6. Nanomaterials in Medicine

    • Sam James
    Pages 197-210
  7. Hydrogels: Biomaterials for Sustained and Localized Drug Delivery

    • Ganesan Keerthiga, Pallavi Gupta, Tuhin Subhra Santra
    Pages 211-252
  8. Nanomaterials: Versatile Drug Carriers for Nanomedicine

    • Ashwini S. Shinde, Pallavi S. Shinde, Tuhin S. Santra
    Pages 253-296
  9. Nanomaterials for Medical Implants

    • Y. Sasikumar, A. Srinivasan, E. Hrishikesan
    Pages 297-315
  10. Nanomaterials for Medical Imaging and In Vivo Sensing

    • N. Ashwin Kumar, B. S. Suresh Anand, Ganapathy Krishnamurthy
    Pages 335-403
  11. Nanomaterials: Surface Functionalization, Modification, and Applications

    • Ashish Kumar, Kiran Kaladharan, Fan-Gang Tseng
    Pages 405-438
  12. Laser Induced Micro/Nano Functional Surfaces on Metals for Biomedical Applications

    • Srinivasan Arthanari, Jiaru Zhang, Xianda Xue, Yan Li, Yingchun Guan
    Pages 439-464
  13. Surface Nanostructuring of Metallic Materials for Implant Applications

    • T. Balusamy, T. S. N. Sankara Narayanan, Hyung Wook Park
    Pages 465-511

About this book

This book highlights the evolution of, and novel challenges currently facing, nanomaterials science, nanoengineering, and nanotechnology, and their applications and development in the biological and biomedical fields. It details different nanoscale and nanostructured materials syntheses, processing, characterization, and applications, and considers improvements that can be made in nanostructured materials with their different biomedical applications. The book also briefly covers the state of the art of different nanomaterials design, synthesis, fabrication and their potential biomedical applications. It will be particularly useful for reading and research purposes, especially for science and engineering students, academics, and industrial researchers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Engineering Design, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

    Tuhin Subhra Santra

  • Department of Mechanical Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan

    Loganathan Mohan

About the editors

Dr Tuhin Subhra Santra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Design at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, from July 2016. Currently, he is a tenure track Honorary Visiting Professor at National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, having previously served as Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge. He received his PhD in Bio-Nano Electro Mechanical Systems from National Tsing Hua University in 2013, and conducted his postdoctoral research at the California Nano System Institute of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA. His main research areas are Bio-NEMS, MEMS, single cell technology, and nanomedicine, among many others. He is the editor of the books Microfluidics and Bio-NEMS: Devices and Applications (2020) and Essentials of Single Cell Analysis (2016)



Dr Loganathan Mohan is a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Researcher at Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan. His main research areas are nanomaterials, biomaterials, drug delivery, Bio-NEMS/MEMS, and biomedical devices. He received his PhD in Nanomaterials from Anna University, India in 2016, and conducted his postdoctoral research at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He has published 33 peer-reviewed international journal papers and has three Indian patents, eight book chapters, eight proceedings, and 16 conference papers to his credit.


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Softcover Book USD 199.99
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