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Medical Nanoscale Spectroscopy: Concepts, Principles, and Applications
Published in Sarhan M. Musa, Nanoscale Spectroscopy with Applications, 2018
Small is the latest trend in science. Almost all sciences and technologies inspire to make things smaller and smaller. The smallest scale available, which measures 10–9 m, is called nanoscale. The science that deals with nanoscaled elements is called nanoscience. Nanoscience applications can be useful over various domains in various ways. Today, many new observations and ideas on the subject are being discussed and many nanoscience-powered objects are in use. Nanoscale objects present novel properties that are different from large-sized objects. These unique properties, which include distinctive electrical and biochemical properties, encourage scientists to make new nanoapplications. Nanoobjects can be biological or nonbiological. Hence, nanoscience could be described as a science that is both physical and biological. Nanoscience presents itself as an alternative to solve many challenging and unsolved questions related to nanoscale/size and otherwise, which would have been difficult in earlier days. As a novel science, nanoscience is a perfect convergence of various sciences, which applies the new age concept of integration. Although it is a novel science, nanoscience is widely absorbed and studied in many prestigious higher-education institutions around the world. As an actual multidisciphnary approach, nanoscience can be applied for usage in many aspects. As already noted, nanoscience can be integrated into both physical and biological concerns principle. Many hybrid branches of nanoscience have been introduced to the scientific community over the past few years. Those hybridizations are the result of developments in modern science. A few good examples of hybrid nanosciences are nanomaterial, nanobiology. nanophysics, nanochemistry, nanopharmacology, nanoengi-neering, nanoradiology, nano dentistry, nanomedicine, etc. Advantages of these hybrids are visible in our day-to-day life.
Glossary of scientific and technical terms in bioengineering and biological engineering
Published in Megh R. Goyal, Scientific and Technical Terms in Bioengineering and Biological Engineering, 2018
Nanochemistry is related with the production and the reactions of nanoparticles and their compounds. It is concerned with the unique properties associated with assemblies of atoms or molecules on a scale between that of the individual building blocks and the bulk material (from 1 to 1000 nm), At this level, quantum effects can be significant, and also new ways of carrying out chemical reactions become possible.
Biofabrication of zinc oxide nanoparticles by using Lawsonia inermis L. seed extract
Published in Inorganic and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 2023
Khushboo Bhatt, Sonalika Agrawal, Subrat Kumar Pattanayak, Vikas Kumar Jain, Fahmida Khan
Nanotechnology is an emerging technology that has many applications in material chemistry, bio-engineering and medical sciences.[1] The study of nanochemistry is the field of one of the most scientific attention because of their unique physical/optical property and their existence in different shapes and sizes compared to the bulk ones. NPs have a higher surface-to-volume ratio, as well as improved structural, catalytic, magnetic, and electronic properties.[2–4] Many scientific works were focused on NPs because of their wide application and amazing chemical and physical properties.[5–9] The NPs of semiconductors and transition metal oxides have great importance in such as physical science, pharmaceutical science, chemical science, and life science (microbiology and biotechnology). Among which ZnO-NPs act as multifunctional material showing greater scientific attention because of their specific physico-optical nature, electronics and semiconducting characteristics.[10–17] ZnO-NPs have broad band energy gap as well as high binding energy.[15,16] They are generally utilized in making gas sensors, cosmetics, medicines, and photocatalytic devices.