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Size and Shape Selective Metal Oxide Nanomaterials: Preparation, Characterization and Prospective Biomedical Applications

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Nanomaterials and Their Biomedical Applications

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Structure dependent (size and shape) properties are fundamental to nanoscience and technology. Metal oxide nanomaterials (MONMs) are considered suitable for a variety of chemical and biological applications due to their stability. Preparation of oxide NMs does not require energy-intensive methods to protect their surface nature as compared to metallic counterparts. Size and shape are controlled by alternations in the reaction parameters such as temperature, concentration, method of preparation, and utilization of small quantities of surfactant materials. Normal wet chemical approach is extremely cheaper, hydrothermal methods are excellent for preparing uniform shape NMs, and recent atmospheric pressure plasma assisted approaches are powerful for obtaining one-dimensional structures which are usually difficult by following other techniques. The MONMs are considered an excellent system for anti-bacterial and biomedical applications. This chapter deals with definitions of NMs, suggested growth and nucleation theories, different preparation methods for obtaining powder MONMs, characterization techniques, and MONMs usage in different biomedical applications. In addition, mechanism of interaction between NMs and internal structures of micro-organisms and various institutes working on the NMs standardization are discussed.

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This work was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the NRF funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2018R1D1A1B07051012), Korea (to Sungkyunkwan University).

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Antony, A., Boo, JH. (2021). Size and Shape Selective Metal Oxide Nanomaterials: Preparation, Characterization and Prospective Biomedical Applications. In: Santra, T.S., Mohan, L. (eds) Nanomaterials and Their Biomedical Applications. Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering, vol 16. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6252-9_3

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