Nanomaterials: Toxicity, Health and Environmental Issues (Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3527313850 ISBN 13: 9783527313853

Publisher: Wiley VCH, 2006

Synopsis

Offering a unique overview of nanoparticle–related environmental risks depending on particle type and exposed surroundings, this volume brings together both medical and nanotechnological aspects. The book adopts an in–depth approach to toxicology from both particle size as well as particle nature, covering all important nanomaterial classes: carbon materials, polymers, metals, and metal oxides. Clearly structured, the text is careful to address the effects on human physiology, air, water and the general environment.

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Review:

"This book as well as the other volumes in this series are excellent reading for scientists working in the field of nanotechnology––toxicologists, industrial hygienists, chemists, engineers and physicians." (Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, January/February 2007)

"This book is a good starting point for anyone wishing to acquaint themselves with the key issues relating to nanomaterials...(British Toxicology Society Newsletter, Summer 2007)

"...the book offers a broad survey over new developments in a field which finally will be decisive for the future development of nanotechnology." (Clean – Soil, Air, Water, 2007 35(2))

"This book as well as the other volumes in this series are excellent reading for scientists working in the field of nanotechnology––toxicologists, industrial hygienists, chemists, engineers and physicians." (Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, January/February 2007)

"This book is a good starting point for anyone wishing to acquaint themselves with the key issues relating to nanomaterials...(British Toxicology Society Newsletter, Summer 2007)

"...offers a broad survey over new developments in a field which...will be decisive for the future development of nanotechnology." (Clean – Soil, Air, Water, 2007 35(2))

From the Back Cover:

Nanomaterials–Toxicity, Health and Environmental Issues.

Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences (NtLS) is the first comprehensive source covering the convergence of materials and life sciences on the nanoscale, a wide field of research which brings together the main technology drive of the 21st century and existing, multibillion dollar markets.

Written by international experts describing the various facets of nanofabrication, the ten volumes of NtLS provide the underlying nanotechnologies for the design, creation and characterization of medical, biological and cybernetic applications. Each volume addresses in detail one particular facet of the field.

Tailor–made nanomaterials find widespread new opportunities in diagnostic and monitoring microdevices, microsurgery tools and instruments, tissue engineering, drug delivery or artificial organs, and many more. Making information available from all kinds of specialized sources throughout the disciplines involved, NtLS is essential reading for all scientists working in this field from medicine and biology through chemistry, materials science and physics to engineering.

This Volume

Volume 5 surveys the health issues of nanoscale particles and covers the novel aspects of both environmental protection from as well as with nanomaterials in depth. nanomaterials and their toxicity are examined, as are their implications s for the delicate balance of aqueous systems.

From the Contents

• Impact of Nanomaterials on the Life Sciences and Health Implications of Nanoparticles
• Toxicity of New Carbon Conformations and Metallic and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
• Effects on Air, Aquatic Systems, Water Treatment and Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
• Environmental Remediation with Nanoparticles and Environmental Nanosensors

Forthcoming Volumes

• Nanomaterials for Cancer Therapy
• Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnosis
• Nanomaterials for Biosensors
• Tissue, Cell and Organ Engineering
• Nanomaterials for Medical Diagnosis and Therapy

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley VCH
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 3527313850
• ISBN 13: 9783527313853
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 351
• Editor: Kumar Challa S. S. R.