Nanostructured Materials for Biomedical Applications

Nanostructured Materials for Biomedical Applications highlights the progress, challenges and opportunities in nanomedicine and discusses novel engineering approaches of nanostructured materials useful in various biomedical applications.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the state of the art in bio-nanotechnology with an emphasis on the diverse biomedical applications, such as in drug delivery, bioimaging, hyperthermia and targeted cancer therapy.

Nanostructured Materials for Biomedical Applications offers a broad introductory reference for those who are new to the field or who wish to gain a thorough overview of nanostructured materials in the context of biomedical applications. The breadth of this book will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience, including materials scientists, pharmaceutical scientists and biomedical engineers.