Antimicrobial Nanosystems: Fabrication and Development provides an in-depth review of nanotechnological advancements in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries to counteract bacterial infections and related health issues. Functionalized nanomaterials and their processes are covered, along with the theory and fabrication of antimicrobial nanosystems. The potential applications of antimicrobial nanosystems are also discussed along with their challenges and commercialization.
This book discusses the most frequent problems caused by resistant microorganisms and difficult-to-treat bacteria and highlights the impact of recently developed antimicrobial nanosystems. Various methodsto obtain efficient nanomaterials with antimicrobial properties are described, along with their advantages, challenges, and main applications. The design of targeting antimicrobial therapeutics, able to specifically detect pathogenic microorganisms and to act in a very specific manner, is thoroughly investigated.
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Table of Contents
SECTION 1 Antimicrobial Nanosystems: Perspective and Developments 1. Nanosystems for Antimicrobial interventions 2. Nanoencapsulation techniques for antimicrobial developments 3. Nano emulsion-based antimicrobial systems 4. Advances of antimicrobial nanosystems for pharmaceuticals developments 5. Bioactive Antimicrobial Nanosystems 6. Biodegradable Nanomaterials as antimicrobial agents
SECTION 2 Nano Candidates: Functionalized NMs, Functionalization Processes, etc. 7. Nanostructured peptides as potential antimicrobial agent 8. Metal-based nanosystems and their antimicrobial activity 9. Functional magnetic nanomaterials with enhanced antimicrobial activity 10. Multifunctional Hybrid Nanomaterials and their Antimicrobial activity 11. Graphene-based nanomaterials for antibiotics-independent antibacterial applications 12. Functionalized Nanomaterials with enhanced antimicrobial activity
SECTION 3 Theory and Fabrication of Antimicrobial Nanosystems 13. Recent advances in sustainable approach-based fabrication of antimicrobial nanosystem 14. Fabrication of doped nanosystems with enhanced antimicrobial properties 15. Fabrication of magnetic nanosystems for antimicrobial coatings 16. Fabrication of noble metal-based antimicrobial nanosystems
SECTION 4 Antimicrobial Nanosystems: Application 17. Nano capsule-based antimicrobial systems for cancer therapy and biomedical applications 18. Nanoencapsulation-based antimicrobial systems for food industry 19. Antimicrobial nanosystems for environmental remediation applications 20. Antimicrobial nanosystems for dental applications