Modeling of Nanotoxicity: Molecular Interactions of Nanomaterials with Bionanomachines [Paperback]

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of nanotoxicity modeling and its implications for the development of novel nanomedicines. It lays out the fundamentals of nanotoxicity modeling for an array of nanomaterial systems, ranging from carbon-based nanoparticles to noble metals, metal oxides, and quantum dots. The author illustrates how molecular (classical mechanics) and atomic (quantum mechanics) modeling approaches can be applied to bolster our understanding of many important aspects of this critical nanotoxicity issue. Each chapter is organized by types of nanomaterials for practicality, making this an ideal book for senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers in nanotechnology, chemistry, physics, molecular biology, and computer science. It is also of interest to academic and industry professionals who work on nanodrug delivery and related biomedical applications, and aids readers in their biocompatibility assessment efforts in the coming age of nanotechnology. This book also provides a critical assessment of advanced molecular modeling and other computational techniques to nanosafety, and highlights current and future biomedical applications of nanoparticles in relation to nanosafety.

Introduction.- Fullerene and Derivatives.- Carbon Nanotubes.- Graphene and Derivatives.- Graphyne and Derivatives.- Noble Metal Nanomaterials.- Metal Oxides and Related Nanostructures.- Quantum Dots and their Ligand Passivation.- Nanomedicine: Implications from Nanotoxicity.

Ruhong Zhou is currently a Distinguished Research Staff Scientist and Head of the Soft Matter Science Group at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center; he is also an Adjunct Professor at the Chemistry Department of Columbia University.?He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Current Physical Chemistry, Editor of (Nature) Scientific Reports, Guest Editor of Nanoscale, and is EditorlƒD