Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Nanomaterials

Intro -- Food, Medical, and Environmental Applications of Nanomaterials -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Fabrication of nanomaterials -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fabrication of nanomaterials -- 3. Top-down fabrication methods -- 3.1. Mechanical methods -- 3.2. Mechanochemical synthesis -- 3.3. Lithographic processes -- 3.4. Laser ablation in the liquid synthesis -- 3.5. Arc discharge synthesis -- 4. Bottom-up fabrication methods -- 4.1. Self-assembled monolayers -- 4.2. Sol-gel technology -- 4.3. Spray pyrolysis -- 4.4. Gas-phase synthesis -- 4.4.1. Inert gas condensation -- 4.4.2. Pulsed laser ablation -- 4.4.3. Spark discharge generation -- 4.4.4. Ion sputtering -- 4.4.5. Chemical vapor synthesis -- 4.4.6. Spray pyrolysis -- 5. Other common methods available for nanomaterials production -- 5.1. Coprecipitation -- 5.2. Hydrothermal method -- 5.3. Microwave-assisted method -- 5.4. Microemulsion method -- 5.5. Ultrasound method -- 5.6. Template synthesis -- 5.7. Biological synthesis -- 5.8. Electrochemical synthesis -- 6. Nanocomposites -- 7. Future trends -- References -- Chapter 2: Nanoparticles and nanofluids: Characteristics and behavior aspects -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Nanoparticle aggregation and dispersion behavior -- 3. Physicochemical characteristics of nanoparticles -- 4. Interactions between nanoparticles -- 5. Properties of nanofluid -- 5.1. Thermal conductivity and heat transfer in nanofluid -- 5.2. Viscosity -- 5.3. Specific heat -- 6. Mass transfer in nanofluids -- 7. Future trends -- References -- Chapter 3: Robust organometallic gold nanoparticles in nanomedicine engineering of proteins -- 1. Introduction -- 2. BSA conjugated gold-carbon nanoparticles with outstanding robustness and hemocompatibility -- 3. Green and cytocompatible carboxyl-modified gold-lysozyme antibacterial.