Magnetic nanomaterials / edited by Challa S.S.R. Kumar

Includes bibliographical references and index

Pt. 1. Biosensing and diagnosis -- Nanomaterials-based magnetic relaxation switch biosensors / Tom Lowery -- Multiplexed detection with magnetic nanoparticles / Robert Wilson -- Magnetophoretic biosensing and separation using magnetic nanomaterials / Joo H. Kang ... [and others] -- Magnetic nanomaterials as MRI contrast agents / Yurii K. Gun'ko and Dermot F. Brougham -- Pt. 2. Diagnosis and therapy -- Magnetic nanomaterials for in vivo and in vitro cancer diagnostics / Kelly Y. Kim -- Magnetic nanoparticles for cancer imaging and therapy / Arutselvan Natarajan, Rajeswari Sundrarajan, and Sally J. DeNardo -- Core-shell magnetic nanomaterials in medical diagnosis and therapy / Marites P. Melancon and Chun Li -- Pt. 3. Tissue engineering -- The use of magnetic particles in tissue engineering / Sarah H. Cartmell and Jon Dobson -- Pt. 4. Environmental applications -- Magnetic nanomaterials for environmental applications / Marvin G. Warner ... [and others] -- Pt. 5. Biofunctionalization and Characterization -- Magnetic core-polymer shell nanoparticles: synthesis and biomedical applications / Koon Gee Neoh, Lihan Tan, and En-Tang Kang -- Magnetosomes: bacterial biosynthesis of magnetic nanoparticles and potential biomedical applications / Sarah S. Staniland -- Approaches to synthesis and characterization of spherical and anisometric metal oxide magnetic nanomaterials / Lorenza Suber and Davide Peddis