Surface Chemistry in Biomedical and Environmental Science

- Preface. List of Contributors. Fundamentals

- Water structuring at colloidal surfaces

- Microgels and core-shell particles

- Microencapsulation: fundamentals, methods and applications

- The molecular layering method: progress in science and practical works for creation of functional nanomaterials

- Analysis of surface structures using XPS with external stimuli

- Modification and coating of polymer surfaces

- Is it possible to generalize the problems of porous materials formation, study and exploitation?

- Theoretical analysis of surface pressure of monolayers formed by nano-particles

- Oxide, carbon, and carbon/mineral adsorbents for toxic, explosive, and narcotic compounds — synthesis, properties, and applications

- Porous polymeric nanocomposites filled with chemically modified fumed silicas

- Ion-electrostatic interaction in systems of inorganic nanoparticles and biological cells in electrolyte solution

- Structural and adsorption characteristics of pyrocabon-mineral adsorbents

- Synthesis and structural/adsorption characteristics of unmodified and modified hybrid carbon/mineral adsorbents

- Biomedical Applications of Nanomaterials. Surface Functionalization for Biomedical Applications

- Surface modifications to influence adhesion of biological cells and adsorption of globular proteins

- Fundamentals of nanosilica applications for human protection

- Medical aspects of application of highly disperse amorphous silica

- The interaction of nanostructured biomaterials with human cell cultures. The choice of cell cultures for use as biocompatability probes

- Physical characterisation of a polycaprolactone tissue scaffold

- Nanostructured and nanocomposite hydrogels for biomedical applications

- An overview on the toxicity of inhaled nanoparticles

- Detection of V-type nerve agent degradation products using a polypyrrole/pyrroloquinoline quinone-modified electrode

- Biological applications of