Main description:

Metal-Organic Frameworks for Biomedical Applications is a comprehensive, authoritative reference that offers a substantial and complete treatment of published results that have yet to be critically reviewed. It offers a summary of current research and provides in-depth understanding of the role of metal-organic frameworks in biomedical engineering. The title consists of twenty-two chapters presented by leading international researchers in the field. Chapters are arranged by target-application in biomedical engineering, allowing medical and pharmaceutic specialists to translate current materials and engineering science on metal-organic frameworks into their work.

Contents:

1. Classification of MOFs by Structure: For Biomedical Engineering
2. Nomenclature of MOFs
3. Secondary Building Units of MOFs
4. Mixed Metal Systems for the Synthesis of MOFs
5. MOFs Linkers useful for Biomedical Applications
6. The Role of Flexibility in MOFs
7. Defects and Disorders in MOFs
8. Surface Modification of MOFs for Biomedical Applications
9. Hydrothermal Synthesis of MOFs
10. Microwave Synthesis of MOFs
11. Electrochemical Synthesis of MOFs
12. Mechanochemical Synthesis of MOFs
13. Sonochemical Synthesis of MOFs
14. Synthetic Post-Modification of MOFs for Biomedical Applications
15. Characterization of MOFs
16. Adsorption, Delivery and Controlled Release of Therapeutic Molecules from MOFs
17. BioMOFs
18. Antibacterial Activity of MOFs
19. Toxicity of MOFs in Biological Systems
20. Functional MOFs as Theranostics
21. Functional MOFs as Molecular Imaging Probes
22. State-of-the-art and future perspectives of MOFs in medicine