Main description:

Novel Nanomaterials for Biomedical, Environmental, and Energy Applications is a comprehensive study on the cutting-edge progress in the synthesis and characterization of novel nanomaterials and their subsequent advances and uses in biomedical, environmental and energy applications. Covering novel concepts and key points of interest, this book explores the frontier applications of nanomaterials. Chapters discuss the overall progress of novel nanomaterial applications in the biomedical, environmental and energy fields, introduce the synthesis, characterization, properties and applications of novel nanomaterials, discuss biomedical applications, and cover the electrocatalytical and photothermal effects of novel nanomaterials for efficient energy applications.

The book will be invaluable to academic researchers and biomedical clinicians working with nanomaterials.

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Novel nanomaterials for protein analysis 3. Magnetic nanomaterials for magnetic bioanalysis 4. Synthesis of gold nanoparticles and functionalization with DNA for bioanalytical applications 5. Surface engineering of carbon nanodots (C-Dots) for biomedical applications 6. Novel nanomaterials for the fabrication of electrochemiluminescent sensors 7. Fluorescent graphene quantum dots for the determination of metal ions 8. Nanomaterials for intracellular pH sensing and imaging 9. Nanotechnology on toxic gas detection and treatment 10. Synthesis and applications of nanomaterials with high photocatalytic activity on air purification 11. Plasmonic metallic nanostructures as colorimetric probes for environmental pollutants 12. Application of novel nanomaterials for chemo- and biosensing of algal toxins in shellfish and water 13. Photothermal effect of nanomaterials for efficient energy applications 14. Nanomaterials with different dimensions for electrocatalysis