Carbon Nanomaterials in Biomedicine and the Environment

Carbon nanomaterials possess special physical and chemical properties. As adsorbents, they are widely used for the purification of water and other liquids, recovery of valuable substances from liquid and gaseous media, and oil refining and also in petrochemical, wine, oil and fat, and other industries. They can be used in medicine, both for the creation of hemosorption systems that are capable of performing specific purification of blood and other physiological fluids, including removal of various exo- and endotoxicants, and for the construction of highly effective adsorbed probiotics.The creation of nanostructured carbon-containing materials is one of many rapidly developing research fields and also the theme of this book. The book focuses on the recent developments in the synthesis of nanostructured carbon multifunctional sorbents and covers topics such as fusicoccin compounds as anticancer agents, entero- and vulnerosorption, and blood purification. It will be useful for scientists, chemical industry specialists, professors, and master’s and PhD students of chemical, physical, and biological sciences.

Carbon nanomaterials for biomedicine and environmental applications. Biosorbents on the basis of carbonized apricot stones and rice husk Research methods of nanostructures and nanomaterials. Investigation of some carbonized vegetable materials by EPR method. The use of fusicoccin as anticancer compound. Porous carbon nanostructured sorbents for biomedical application. Functionalization of carbon based wound dressings with antimicrobial phytoextracts for bioactive treatment of septic wounds. Perspective use of probiotics immobilized on sorbents with nanostructured surfaces. Advances in nanostructured carbons for biomedical applications. Production and properties of polymer derived carbons for medical applications. Use of advanced nanomaterials for bioremediation of contaminated ecosystems. Characterisation of activated carbons obtained from rice husk.

Zulkhair A. Mansurov is professor at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan, and councilor of the general director of the Institute of Combustion Problems of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. His scientific work includes the investigation of the kinetics and mechanisms of hydrocarbon combustion, soot formation, nanotechnology, petrochemistry, and carbon nanomaterials for biomedicine and environment applications. He is the editor-in-chief of Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal (English, indexed at Scopus) and Combustion and Plasma Chemistry (Russian).