Nanoparticles' Promises and Risks Characterization, Manipulation, and Potential Hazards to Humanity and the Environment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lungu, Mihai (Editor), Neculae, Adrian (Editor), Bunoiu, Madalin (Editor), Biris, Claudiu (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Nanoscale science.; Nanoscience.; Nanostructures.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Nanotechnology.; Materials Science.; Nanoscale Science and Technology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.

The focus of this interdisciplinary volume is on four areas of nanoparticle research: characterization, manipulation, and potential effects on humanity and the environment. The book includes a comprehensive collection of data on industrial nanoparticle creation and the characterization of the nanosc...

Table of Contents:

• Nanoparticles. Definition, Classification, General Physical Properties
• Natural Sources of Nanoparticles
• Anthropogenic Sources of Nanoparticles
• Mechanisms of Nanoparticle Formation and Reformation in the Atmosphere
• Nanopathology: the nano-bio-interaction of  nanoparticles inside the human body
• Nanotoxicity: must consider aspect of nanoparticle development
• Pros and cons on magnetic nanoparticles use in medicine and biotechnologies applications
• Nanofluidics-based mass spectrometry. Applications for biomarker discovery in lysosomal storage diseases
• Multidynamic Liposomal Nanomedicine: Technology, Biology, Applications, and Disease Targeting
• Identifications of nanoparticles in organic matrices
• Gold Nanoparticle in Biosensing Analyses
• Electron Magnetic Resonance technique and nanoparticle characterization
• Nanoparticles Characterization using Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
• Dielectrophoresis Used for Nanoparticle Manipulation in Microfluidic Devices
• Multi-dimensional electrophoresis: The march in pharma applications
• Tailored Bio-Polysaccharide Nonomicelles for Targeted Drug Delivery.