This book Nanoparticles in Anti-Microbial Materials: Use and Characterisation
has been designed to provide an essential companion, which considers
significant developments in nanotechnology, specifically those concerning
anti-microbial materials and nanoparticles. Many applications of nanoparticles
and nanomaterials use current technology, with a few modifications as
science advances. As work in this area proceeds, the new properties that are
discovered will lead to major industrial developments and challenges.
The book is organised into seven main thematic areas:
N the fundamental physicochemical principles and basic features of the
nanoscale;
N the properties related to this state of matter;
N methods for synthesising, designing and making nanoparticles and
nanomaterials;
N toxicology and the nanoscale;
N characterisation techniques of quantitative and qualitative natures;
N biological methods used in characterisation;
N methods, uses and current technologies incorporating the nanoparticle and
nanomaterial.