Bionanotechnology: Emerging Applications of Bionanomaterials highlights a wide range of industrial applications using bionanotechnologies, with biomedical applications prominent amongst these, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound healing, medical implants, medical diagnostics and therapy. Other key areas include energy harvesting and storage, water/waste treatment, papermaking, textiles, construction industry, automotive, aerospace. This book is a valuable resource for all those seeking to gain a fundamental understanding of how bionanomaterials are used in a variety of industry sectors.
Bionanomaterials are molecular materials composed partially or completely of biological molecules - such as proteins, enzymes, viruses, DNA and biopolymers - as well as metal, metal oxides, and carbon nanomaterials. Bionanomaterials have drawn much attention for their use in a wide range of industrial applications, including scaffolds, dental implants, drug delivery, dialysis, biobatteries, biofuel cells, air purification, and water treatment.
Part 1: Energy production and Energy Storage 1. Bionanomaterials for biofuel cells 2. Bionanomaterials for enzymatic fuel cells 3. Bionanomaterials for bacterial fuel cells 4. Bionanomaterials for microbial fuel cells 5. Bionanomaterials for biobatteries
Part 2: Environmental applications 6. Bionanomaterials for membrane applications 7. Bionanomaterials for wastewater treatment 8. Bioinspired interfaces for self-cleaning technologies 9. Bionanomaterials for soil remediation 10. Bionanomaterials for air filtration and purification
Part 3: Biomedical applications 11. Bionanomaterials for drug delivery 12. Bionanomaterials for tissue engineering 13. Bionanomaterials for medical implants 14. Bionanomaterials for health care 15. Bionanomaterials for biosensor applications 16. Bionanomaterials for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals 17. Bionanomaterials for cancer treatment 18. Bionanomaterials for wound healing 19. Bionanomaterials for dialysis 20. Nanomaterials for bioimaging
Part 4: Constructions and other applications 21. Self-clearing and antimicrobial nanocoatings 22. Bioactive nanomaterials for food packaging 23. Bioactive nanomaterials in military protective clothing 24. Multifunctional antimicrobial nanopapers 25. Multifunctional medical textiles 26. Challenges and future aspects for industrial use of bionanomaterials