Boron Nitride Nanotubes in Nanomedicine by Gianni Ciofani, Virgilio MATTOLI

By Gianni Ciofani, Virgilio MATTOLI

Boron Nitride Nanotubes in Nanomedicine compiles, for the 1st time in one quantity, the entire info wanted through researchers attracted to this promising form of clever nanoparticles and their purposes in biomedicine. Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) characterize an cutting edge and intensely fascinating category of nanomaterials.

After introducing BNNTs and explaining their education and evaluate, the booklet indicates how the actual, chemical, piezoelectric and biocompatibility homes of those nanotubes supply upward push to their power makes use of in biomedicine. facts is available (from either in vitro and in vivo investigations) for a way BNNTs may be precious in biomedical and nanomedicine purposes equivalent to healing purposes, tissue regeneration, nanovectors for drug supply, and intracellular nanotransducers.

  • Covers a variety of promising biomedical BNNT applications
  • Provides nice price not only to lecturers but in addition researchers in fields corresponding to fabrics technological know-how, molecular biology, pharmacology, biomedical engineering, and biophysical sciences
  • Offers facts for the way BNNTs might be helpful in biomedical and nanomedicine functions corresponding to treatment, tissue regeneration, nanovectors for drug supply, and intracellular nanotransducers
  • Incorporates, for the 1st time in one quantity, the entire info wanted through researchers attracted to this promising form of clever nanoparticles and their purposes in biomedicine

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These approaches may be applicable also for the chemical functionalization of BNNTs. Defect sites and active edges of BNNTs offer possibilities for exploiting BN nanomaterial chemistry in different solvents. It has been recently discovered that BNNTs can coordinately interact with alcohol during sonication, leading to alcoholysis of BNNTs and production of BN nanoribbons [99], evidenced by AFM and TEM imaging. 7). The presence of ammonia in ethanol dispersions was observed by Nessler reagents tests.

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