CARBON NANOMATERIALS

This collection of seventeen articles, volume nine in a series of works on materials sciences for the life sciences, showcases current research and emerging technologies in carbon nanomaterials. Topics discussed include synthetic approaches to carbon nanomaterials, nanocarbons, biomedical applications of graphine, carbon nanohorn and their bomediacal applications, multi-walled carbon nanotubes for drug delivery, electrochemical biosensors, fullerenes and their environmental impact, carbon nanotubes for targeted cancer therapies and fullerenes in photodynamic therapies. Entries include color photographs and illustrations. The contributors are academics and researchers in medicine, chemistry and biomedical engineering from a variety of American, European and Asian institutions. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Challa Kumar is currently the Director of Nanofabrication & Nanomaterials at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devicees (CAMD), Baton Rouge, USA. He is also the President and CEO of Magnano Technologies, a company established to commercialize nanomaterials for applications in life sciences. His research interests are in developing novel synthetic methods, including those based on microfluidic reactors, for multifunctional nanomaterials. He has also been involved in the development of innovative therapeutic & diagnostic tools based on nanotechnology. He has eight years of industrial R&D experience working for Imperial Chemical Industries and United Breweries. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, published by American Scientific Publishers and Series editor for the ten-volume book series, Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences (NtLS), published by Wiley-VCH.