Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The "Handbook of Graphene, Volume 7" attempts to give an overview on the multitude of different research directions that are currently performed on this material for various biomedical applications. These applications utilized the properties of graphene in different ways.
Chapter 1 provides a thorough review of graphene and graphene-based materials for biological, biosensing and bioimaging, bio-targeting, medical and biomedical, drug delivery, and antibacterial applications. Graphene oxide, as the derivative of graphene, inherits its feature of structure and properties and has been applied in various fields nowadays. Chapter 2 discusses the current situation of application of graphene oxide in cement composites. To date, many attempts were made to explore the potential risk index of graphene-based materials in medical applications and the sustainability of the current materials in tissue engineering. In Chapter 3, detailed applications of graphene-based materials in regenerative medicine are discussed, taking into consideration its expansive usage in cardiac, neural, cartilage, musculoskeletal, and skin engineering. Chapter 4 introduces the basic working principle of synaptic devices and their analogy to bio-synapses and then discusses about the device physics of several graphene-based resistive memories and transistors. Chapter 5 elaborates on some different graphene-based materials, in respect to their structures, synthesis, properties, advantages and disadvantages, and the applications of these materials as implants in biomedicine. Chapter 6 demonstrates the use of nanomaterials for ultrashort pulse fiber laser generation as a passive saturable absorber. Chapter 7 reports on the comparative study, which was conducted to determine the effects of graphene on the thermomechanical properties of asphalt binder using molecular simulations and experiments.
Graphene-based biomaterials are carbon-based materials, which exhibit unique properties such as high surface-area-to-volume ratio and ease of functionalization. This has resulted in good flexibility for targeted delivery of therapeutics to tissues, and good interactions with biological environments, making them useful for biomedical applications. Chapter 8 focuses on the efficacy of graphene-based systems in the delivery of therapeutics to the brain and central nervous system. Microbial infections have become one of the world's leading public health issues, causing diseases to millions of people every year. Although researchers have shown the successful antimicrobial capacity of graphene-based materials, with little bacterial resistance and tolerable cytotoxic effect on mammalian cells, the potential effects of these materials on health need to be meticulously assessed prior to subsequent further biomedical applications. Chapter 9 highlights the potential effects they have on public health worldwide. Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are one of the youngest members of the graphene family; they were discovered in 2007. The structure, properties and biomedical applications of these materials are discussed in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 thoroughly discusses the current advances in the field of enzyme immobilization on functionalized graphene-based nanomaterials to build robust nano-biocatalytic systems.
Synopsis
The seventh volume in a series of handbooks on graphene research and applications
The Handbook of Graphene, Volume 7: Biomaterials presents an overview of various graphene research initiatives and specific biomedical applications, where the properties of graphene are used differently. The book shares information on how graphene and graphene-based materials are utilized for the following types of applications: bio-targeting; medical and biomedical; drug delivery; antibacterial; and biological, biosensing and bioimaging. Topics covered include the role of graphene-based materials in: regenerative medicine; resistive memories and transistors; and implants in biomedicine. The impact of graphene-based biomaterials on biomedical applications is discussed, as are graphene-based systems in the delivery of therapeutics to the brain and central nervous system.