Overview
- Reviews the interaction of nanoscale particles with biological matter
- Discusses the biological response to nanoscale particles on a molecular and cellular level
- Highlights the application of label-free techniques
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Bioanalytical Reviews (BIOREV, volume 5)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book reviews several aspects of the biological response to nanoscale particles on a molecular and cellular level. Nanoscale materials and nanoscale particles in particular have interesting properties and beneficial applications. While they thus have entered our daily lifes on many different levels (from electronics, over textiles, packaging or surface modifications, to biomedical applications), general rules describing their interaction with biological structures and biological matter are still difficult to derive. The existing literature suggests a variety of interaction schemes between nanoparticles and biological objects, not dispelling the public concerns about possible health effects and harmful properties. A systematic approach to the problem is needed and timely.
This book specifically emphasizes bioanalytical problems starting from the characterization of the nanomaterials to the pitfalls and potential artifacts of state-of-the-art cytotoxicityassays that are frequently used to study harmful effects on cells. It also highlights the application of label-free bioanalytical techniques that can potentially complement the present approaches and hence provide new perspectives on this highly discussed cutting-edge field of research and public concern.
Reviews
“The book ‘Measuring Biological Impacts of Nanomaterials’ is a very good guide-book for readers interested in recent advances in biomedical nanotechnology research. … The book provides excellent overview of our knowledge on modern scientific techniques and model systems for studying impact of nanomaterials as drug delivery vehicles in biomedicine which is essential for application of nanoparticle targeted therapy in the near future.” (Andrea Babelova, Neoplasma, Vol. 64 (1), 2017)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Measuring Biological Impacts of Nanomaterials
Editors: Joachim Wegener
Series Title: Bioanalytical Reviews
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24823-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24821-9Published: 12 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79683-3Published: 30 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24823-3Published: 02 February 2016
Series ISSN: 1867-2086
Series E-ISSN: 1867-2094
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 214
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 56 illustrations in colour
Topics: Analytical Chemistry, Nanochemistry, Biochemistry, general, Biomedicine general, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Biotechnology