Metal Oxides for Biomedical and Biosensor Applications - Softcover

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Dr. Kunal Mondal is a Staff Scientist at the Idaho National Laboratory in the Materials Science and Engineering Department. His research interests include the micro/nano fabrication of functional materials, materials for extreme environments, soft and stretchable electronics, microfluidics, carbon MEMS/NEMS for soft electronic skin and flexible transistors.

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Metal-oxides for Biomedical and Biosensor Applications gives an in-depth overview of the emerging research in the biomedical and biosensing applications of metal oxides, including optimization of their surface and bulk properties.

First, there is a general discussion of the biomedical applications of metal oxides for use in cell cultures, antibacterial and antimicrobial treatments, dental application, drug delivery, cancer therapy, immunotherapy, photothermal therapy, and tissue engineering. Then, metal oxide-based biosensor development is reviewed.

Advanced and biofunctionalized nano/micro structured metal oxides are finding applications in microfluidics, optical sensors, electrochemical sensors, DNA-based biosensing. Imaging, diagnosis and analysis of the data from these sensors are also touched on. Finally, rational design strategies for metal oxides for fabrication of biosensors are reviewed with emphasis on the relationship between structure, morphology and composition to the performance of metal oxides for biomedical and biosensing applications.

Additional relevant issues concerning the research challenges, technology limitations, and future trends in metal oxides and their composites towards biomedical applications are also discussed.