Photonanotechnology for Therapeutics and Imaging surveys major concepts and recent advances in the use of photonanotechnology with nanomaterials reported in various interdisciplinary fields, including chemistry, materials science, biomedical engineering and biomedicine. This book discusses the impact of this technology on the advancement of therapeutic modalities and imaging methods in cancers, infectious diseases and other serious diseases. Photonanotechnology studies the design principle, application and development of photoactive nanomaterials. It applies light-controlled strategies for the development of nanotherapeutics, imaging agents and diagnostic nanodevices. Provides the latest information on photocontrolled drug delivery systemsDetails how photoactive nanomaterials are designed to release reactive oxygen species (ROS) for photodynamic therapy (PDT)Explains how photoactive nanomaterials have the ability to induce surface plasmonic heating for photothermal therapeutic (PTT) effects INDICE: 1. Light Sources for Photonanotechnology 2. Hybrid Nanogels for Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy 3. Graphene-based Nanomaterials for Healthcare Applications 4. The NIR-responsive Gold Nanoparticles Based Photothermal Agents: from Synthesis to Anticancer Applications 5. Dual Imaging-Photodynamic Therapy Anticancer Theranostic Nanoparticles 6. Upconversion nanoparticles: A toolbox for biomedical applications 7. Imaging and Therapy with Upconversion Nanoparticles 8. Application of Lanthanide-Doped Luminescence Nanoparticles in Imaging and Therapeutics 9. Photo-cleavable Linkers: Design and Applications in Nanotechnology 10. Photocontrolled Nanosystems for Antitumor Drug Delivery 11. Photocontrolled Nanosystems for Antibacterial Drug Delivery 12. Upconversion Nanocrystals for Near Infrared-Controlled Drug Delivery
- ISBN: 978-0-12-817840-9
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 454
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2020
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés