Main description:

Explores how antiviral nanomaterials can be used in developing targeted drug delivery practices and enable pharmaceutical industries to reformulate available drugs on market
Covers immunization, imaging, and drug delivery and features various case studies on managing viral diseases
Addresses synthesis protocols and recent developments by performing physicochemistry on virion substrate, hybrid viral networks, and multilayered arrays thus enabling R&D experts to study and successfully instigate cutting-edge technologies unique to viruses
Discusses current and near future applications of antiviral nanomaterials and their activity in drug delivery systems
Describes the role of nanotechnology in prevention, detection, and treatment of COVID-19
Investigates the role of antiviral nanodrugs play in human and animal body systems and in major viral disease types.

Contents:

Section I: Nanosized Materials in Virology 1. Viruses as Nanomaterials 2. Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticles as Potential Viral and Antiviral Agents 3. Biogenic Synthesis of Nanoparticulate Materials for Antiviral Applications 4. Nanoparticle Synthesis and Administration Routes for Antiviral Uses 5. Role of Nanostructures in Inhibition and Treatment of Viral Infections Section II: Viral Nanomaterials: Biomedical Applications 6. Photocatalytic Inactivation of Pathogenic Viruses Using Metal Oxide and Carbon-Based Nanoparticles 7. Non-Photocatalytic and Photocatalytic Inactivation of Viruses Using Antiviral Assays and Antiviral Nanomaterials 8. Application of Viral Nanomaterials in Medicine 9. Virus-Based Nanocarriers for Targeted Drug Delivery Section III: Antiviral Nanotherapeutics 10. Antiviral Nanomaterials in Therapeutic Interventions 11. In Vivo Study of Anti-Influenza Effect of Silver Nanoparticles in a Mouse Model 12. Antiviral Drugs as Tools for Nanomedicine 13. Emerging Nanotechnology-Enabled Approaches to Mitigate COVID-19 Pandemic 14. Applications of Antiviral Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy 15. Nano Delivery of Antiviral Plant Bioactives as Cancer Therapeutics 16. Conjugated Graphene Gold Nanocomposites for Cancer Therapy 17. Surface Engineered Graphene Oxide and Its Derivatives: A Prospective Nano-Structured Carbon as Anticancer Agent 18. Antiviral Nanomaterials as Potential Targets for Malaria Prevention and Treatment