"Nanomaterials: Toxicity, Human Health and Environment" ed. by Simona Clichici, Gabriela Adriana Filip, Gustavo Do Nascimento

This book intends to provide a comprehensive evidence-based overview of nanomaterial toxicity, from their synthesis and characterization, environmental impact, tests to assess their toxicity in vitro and in vivo, ways to modulate their impact on living organisms, to their beneficial use in biomedical applications.

In the last decade, nanomaterials have become a double-edged sword. On one hand, nanomaterials have proven their limitless potential not only for technological applications, but also for medical ones. On the other hand, the increasing use of these nanomaterials has raised concerns regarding their safety for environmental and human health, due to their potential toxicity. The toxic effects of nanomaterials depend on their type, surface geometry, diameter, length and function.


Contents
1.Prologue: Nanofibers
2.How to Assess Nanomaterial Toxicity? An Environmental and Human Health Approach
3.Risk Assessment and Health, Safety, and Environmental Management of Carbon Nanomaterials
4.Oxidative Stress Produced by Urban Atmospheric Nanoparticles
5.The Interaction of Tungsten Dust with Human Skin Cells
6.Biofunctionalized Polymer Nanomaterials: Implications on Shapes and Sizes
7.Phosphate-Mineralization Microbe Repairs Heavy Metal Ions That Formed Nanomaterials in Soil and Water
8.SiO2-Based Materials for Immobilization of Enzymes
9.Electrospinning Technology: Designing Nanofibers toward Wound Healing Application
10.Nanofibers in Mucosal Drug and Vaccine Delivery
11.Stupendous Nanomaterials: Carbon Nanotubes Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
12.Applications of Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) in Nanotechnology