This book provides a holistic compilation on applications of carbon nanostructures, especially in advanced healthcare applications. It comprises chapters on utility of diverse multifunctional nanocarriers in drug delivery and biomedical applications, especially emphasizing on the synthesis and characterizations of nanosystems along with surface engineering approaches used for active targeting of the drugs. Moreover, the chapters also include the recent updates on the applications of the nanocarriers to fulfill the needs of various healthcare systems.

Lists the applications of carbon nanostructures in advanced healthcare applications Reports on diverse multifunctional nanocarriers in drug delivery and biomedical applications Focus on synthesis and characterizations of nanosystems for active targeting of drugs

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Dr. Md Saquib Hasnain is currently working as the Professor at Palamau Institute of Pharmacy, and has research experience in the field of drug delivery and pharmaceutical formulation analyses, especially systematic development and characterization of diverse nanostructured drug delivery systems, controlled release drug delivery systems, bioenhanced drug delivery systems, nanomaterials and nanocomposites employing Quality by Design approaches, and many more. He was also Member of scientific societies, i.e., Royal Society of Chemistry, Great Britain, International Association of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, Switzerland, and Swiss Chemical Society, Switzerland. 

Dr. Amit Kumar Nayak is currently working as the Professor at Seemanta Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Odisha, India. He has earned his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He worked as Senior Research Associate at IIT, Kanpur, in a CSIR sponsored project. He has research experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric drug delivery systems. His recent research focus is the development of ceramic bone-implantable drug delivery for osteomyelitis therapy. Dr. Nayak is Life Member of Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and Registered Pharmacist. 

Dr. Saad Alkahtani has research and teaching experience in the field of cell biology and genetics, especially isolation and cDNA synthesis, isolation, purification, cloning, sequencing, electrophoresis and RFLP analysis, conventional drug delivery systems and nanostructured drug delivery systems, controlled release drug delivery systems, bioenhanced drug delivery systems, nanomaterials and nanocomposites, among others.

Inhalt

1. Fullerenes: Bucky Balls in the Therapeutic Application.- 2. Nanodiamonds as Next Generation Carriers in Exploring Therapeutic Benefits.- 3. Nanographites as multidimensional carriers for advanced therapeutic applications.- 4. Carbon Nanohorns in Drug Delivery & Medical Applications.- 5. Carbon nanotorous for advanced therapeutic applications.- 6. Carbon nanodots: A novel carbon material with multifaceted applications in healthcare.- 7. Quantum Dots in Biomedical applications: Recent advancements and future prospects.- 8. Carbon Nanotropes: Potential Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications.- 9. Carbon Nanofibres in Diversified Healthcare Applications.- 10. Carbon nanomaterials in biosensor applications for infectious disease diagnostics.- 11. Bio-inspired carbon nanostructures: Advances and challenges.- 12. Natural Polymer-carbon dot Nanocomposites for Biomedical Use.- 13. Clay-based composites and nanocomposites for drug delivery.- 14. Biosafety and toxicityevaluation of carbon nanomaterials.