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This book presents an overall, unitary view of the carbon nanoparticle world, in which both the positive and negative aspects of these recently discovered nanomaterials are critically described. Contributors include experts in the study of materials biocompatibility and toxicity, mainly because the book concerns carbon-nanoparticles toxicity.

Carbon Nanotubes

Acknowledgements

Preface

1. How the Whole Thing Began or the Logic Path Towards a

Discovery

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Bibliography

2. In-vitro and in-vivo Biological Behaviour of Micro and Nanoparticles

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Nanoparticles and medical devices

2.2.1 Dentistry

2.2.2 Orthopaedics

2.2.3 Nanostructured surfaces

2.2.4 Drug delivery

2.2.5 Nanomedicine

2.3 The results of the nanopathology project

2.3.1 In-vivo experiments

2.4 Bibliography

3. Clinical Cases: Lung, Blood, Liver, Kidney, Digestive System,

Vessels, Sperm

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Lung

3.3 Blood

3.4 Liver

3.5 Kidney and adrenal gland

3.6 Digestive system

3.7 Vessels

3.8 Sperm

3.9 A few considerations on reproduction

3.10 Bibliography

4. Six "Detective Stories"

4.1 The 1st case

4.2 The 2nd case

4.3 The 3rd case

4.4 The 4th case

xiv Nanopathology

4.5 The 5th case

4.6 The 6th case

5. War and Nanoparticles

5.1 Civilians living around a firing ground

5.2 A few reflections

5.3 Bibliography

6. Nanoparticles in the Environment and Working Places

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Chimneysweeps: a historical case

6.3 Welding metals

6.4 Toner

6.5 The particulate active filter or FAP

6.6 The environment around a foundry

6.7 The environment around a power plant

6.8 The case of a ship

6.9 Incinerators

6.10 Tobacco smoke

6.11 Bibliography

7. Nanoparticles in Food, Cosmetics and Other Products

7.1 Bibliography

8. New York 9/11

8.1 Bibliography

9. The Future and Prevention Criteria

9.1 The state of the art

9.2 What is next?

9.3 The future

9.4 A few reflections

9.5 Bibliography

Appendix

Index