E-Textbook Graphene-based Materials in Health and Environment: New Paradigms (Carbon Nanostructures) PDF ebook

Graphene-based Materials in Health and Environment: New Paradigms (Carbon Nanostructures)

• PDF ebook
• 1st Edition
• by Gil Goncalves (Editor), Paula Marques (Editor), Mercedes Vila (Editor)
• Part of: Carbon Nanostructures (12 books)

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the potential use of graphene-based materials in two important societal areas: medicine and the environment. It discusses how new graphene-based materials can be creatively used for biological purposes, for example as delivery vehicles for diagnostics or therapeutics, ultrasensitive sensors, smart responsive substrates for artificial-tissue design and biomarkers. Moreover, it presents new insights into their use as sorbent or photocatalytic materials for environmental decontamination in water and gas-phase desalination membranes and as sensors for contaminant monitoring, giving relevance to the current discussions on the possible toxicological effects of graphene-based materials.