Intelligent Nanomaterials.
"Nanoscale materials exhibit extraordinary physical and chemical features which play a very important role in their applications in advanced tech- nologies. Due to their technological relevance, these materials have been a major driving force in academia as well as industries for laying down th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newark :
Wiley,
2016.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | Advanced Material Series.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Part 1 Nanomaterials, Fabrication and Biomedical Applications; 1 Electrospinning Materials for Skin Tissue Engineering; 1.1 Skin Tissue Engineering Scaffolds; 1.1.1 Materials Used in Skin Tissue Engineering Scaffolds; 1.1.1.1 Natural Scaffolds; 1.1.1.2 Synthetic Scaffolds; 1.1.2 Scaffold Production Techniques Used in Skin Tissue Engineering; 1.1.2.1 Freeze-drying; 1.1.2.2 Electrospinning; 1.2 Conclusions; References; 2 Electrospinning: A Versatile Technique to Synthesize Drug Delivery Systems; 2.1 Introduction.
- 2.2 The Types of Delivered Drugs2.2.1 Antitumor/Anticancer Drugs; 2.2.2 Antibiotic; 2.2.3 Growth Factors; 2.2.4 Nucleic Acids; 2.2.5 Proteins; 2.3 Polymers Used in Electrospinning; 2.3.1 Natural Polymers; 2.3.1.1 Chitosan; 2.3.1.2 Silk Fibroin; 2.3.1.3 Cellulose Acetate; 2.3.2 Synthetic Polymers; 2.3.2.1 Synthetic Homopolymers; 2.3.2.2 Synthetic Copolymers; 2.3.3 Polymer Blends; 2.3.3.1 Blends of Natural Polymers; 2.3.3.2 Blends of Natural and Synthetic Polymers; 2.3.3.3 Blends of Synthetic Polymers; 2.3.3.4 Other Multicomponent Polymer Mixtures.
- 2.4 The Development of Electrospinning Process for Drug Delivery2.4.1 Coaxial Electrospinning; 2.4.2 Emulsion Electrospinning; 2.4.3 Multilayer Electrospinning; 2.4.4 Magnetic Nanofiber; 2.4.5 Post-modification of Electrospun Scaffolds; 2.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgment; References; 3 Electrospray Jet Emission: An Alternative Interpretation Invoking Dielectrophoretic Forces; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Electrospray: How It Works?; 3.3 Historical Background; 3.4 How the Current (and Wrong) Description of the Electrospray Process Has Been Generated?; 3.5 What Is Wrong in the Current Description?
- 3.6 Some Results Shedding More Light3.7 Discriminating between Electrophoretic and Dielectrophoretic Forces; 3.8 Some Theoretical Aspects of Dielectrophoresis; 3.9 Conclusions; References; 4 Advanced Silver and Oxide Hybrids of Catalysts During Formaldehyde Production; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Catalysis; 4.2.1 Limited Hybrid Catalyst Methodology; 4.3 Case Study; 4.3.1 Silver Process; 4.3.2 Oxide Process; 4.4 Limited Hybrid Catalyst Method for Formaldehyde Production; 4.4.1 Analyzing the Pure Catalyst Process; 4.4.2 Graphical Presentation of Catalyst Process.
- 4.4.3 Advanced Hybrid Catalyst Process4.4.4 Choosing the Best Advanced Hybrid Catalyst Process; 4.4.5 Simulation of the Best Advanced Hybrid Catalyst Process; 4.5 Conclusion; 4.6 Nomenclatures; References; 5 Physico-chemical Characterization and Basic Research Principles of Advanced Drug Delivery Nanosystems; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Basic Research Principles and Techniques for the Physicochemical Characterization of Advanced Drug Delivery Nanosystems; 5.2.1 Microscopy; 5.2.1.1 Optical Microscopy; 5.2.1.2 Electron Microscopy; 5.2.1.3 Scanning Probe Microscopy; 5.2.2 Thermal Analysis.