Oxides for Medical Applications - Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials

Oxides for Medical Applications reviews the most important advances of oxides with optical, magnetic and electronic properties for biomedical applications.

Owing to their unusual properties, oxides are expected to play a significant role in the prevention or early treatment of diseases. The book includes chapters that reviews these properties and the key performance metrics for their use in medical applications. For example, some oxides exhibit biological enzyme-like features and are exclusively considered for biomedical applications. The features of these oxide materials have several advantages over natural enzymes, such as, tunable catalytic properties and high stability against stringent physiological conditions.

In addition to catalytically active artificial enzymes based on oxide materials-the book provides comprehensive coverage of the most relevant categories of oxide materials, their properties and their applications. Since magnetic oxides are used extensively for a wide range of medical applications, there are numerous chapters that address these materials including LSMO nanoparticles, ferrites, nanocatalysts and more.

Then synthesis strategies for the development of oxide materials for medical applications such as biosensing, drug delivery, treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, radiation protection and tissue engineering are discussed. Finally, practical considerations for the translation of these materials from the lab to the clinic are reviewed including biocompatibility and toxicity of oxide nanoparticles.

Oxides for Medical Applications is suitable for researchers and practitioners in materials science and engineering in academia and the clinic.
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