I have developed "tennis elbow" from lugging this book around the past four weeks, but it is worth the pain, the effort, and the aspirin. It is also worth the (relatively speaking) bargain price. Including appendixes, this book contains 894 pages of text. The entire panorama of the neural sciences is surveyed and examined, and it is comprehensive in its scope, from genomes to social behaviors. The editors explicitly state that the book is designed as "an introductory text for students of biology, behavior, and medicine," but it is hard to imagine any audience, interested in any fragment of neuroscience at any level of sophistication, that would not enjoy this book. The editors have done a masterful job of weaving together the biologic, the behavioral, and the clinical sciences into a single tapestry in which everyone from the molecular biologist to the practicing psychiatrist can find and appreciate his or

Principles of Neural Science

Nanomaterials offer new opportunities for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Multifunctional nanoparticles harboring various functions including targeting, imaging, therapy, and etc have been intensively studied aiming to overcome limitations associated with conventional cancer diagnosis and therapy. Of various nanoparticles, magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles with superparamagnetic property have shown potential as multifunctional nanoparticles for clinical translation because they have been used asmagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) constrast agents in clinic and their features could be easily tailored by including targeting moieties, fluorescence dyes, or therapeutic agents. This review summarizes targeting strategies for construction of multifunctional nanoparticles including magnetic nanoparticles-based theranostic systems, and the various surface engineering strategies of nanoparticles for in vivo applications.

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Targeting Strategies for Multifunctional Nanoparticles in Cancer Imaging and Therapy

Removal of contaminants in wastewater, such as heavy metals, has become a severe problem in the world. Numerous technologies have been developed to deal with this problem. As an emerging technology, nanotechnology has been gaining increasing interest and many nanomaterials have been developed to remove heavy metals from polluted water, due to their excellent features resulting from the nanometer effect. In this work, novel nanomaterials, including carbon-based nanomaterials, zero-valent metal, metal-oxide based nanomaterials, and nanocomposites, and their applications for the removal of heavy metal ions from wastewater were systematically reviewed. Their efficiency, limitations, and advantages were compared and discussed. Furthermore, the promising perspective of nanomaterials in environmental applications was also discussed and potential directions for future work were suggested.

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Nanomaterials for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater

Flexible thermoelectric materials and devices

Field emission from (i) as-grown multiwall nanotubes (MWNTs), (ii) purified MWNTs and (iii) purified single-wall nanotubes (SWNTs) was investigated by field emission microscopy (FEM). As an application of nanotube field emitters, we manufactured cathode ray tube (CRT) lighting-elements by replacing conventional thermionic cathodes with nanotube field emitters. Stable electron emission, high emission current with low electric field (∼10 mA/cm2 at 1.5 V/μm), and long life of the emitters were demonstrated.

Field emission from carbon nanotubes and its application to electron sources

Iron Oxide Magnetic Nanotubes and Their Drug Loading and Release Capabilities

Biocompatibility and Delivery of NGF by Hematite Nanotubes for Differentiation of PC12 Cells

Power consumption appears to be the biggest technical issue and performance bottleneck in the development of mobile wearable health monitoring systems. One promising approach for addressing this challenge is to harvest the body heat energy using flexible thermoelectric generators, and printing is a low-cost technique for large-scale fabrication of flexible circuits and systems. This paper discusses the development of thermoelectric inks that can be used in the fabrication of thermoelectric generators, which can be used as sustainable power sources for mobile wearable health monitoring systems. The operation mechanism of thermoelectric generators for body heat harvesting is discussed, followed by the requirements on the properties of thermoelectric inks for the fabrication of printable thermoelectric generators. To achieve high thermoelectric figure of merit, we synthesized nano-structured thermoelectric materials with high Seebeck coefficient and low thermal conductivity, and developed surface functionalized carbon nanotubes that can be used as conducting agents for improving the electrical conductivity of thermoelectric inks.

Development of Thermoelectric Inks for the Fabrication of Printable Thermoelectric Generators Used in Mobile Wearable Health Monitoring Systems

This report discusses our work on synthesis of hematite and maghemite nanotubes, analysis of their biocompatibility
with pheochromocytoma cells (PC12 cells), and study of their applications in the culture of dorsal root ganglion (DRG)
neurons and the delivery of ibuprofen sodium salt (ISS) drug model. Two methods, template-assisted thermal
decomposition method and hydrothermal method, were used for synthesizing hematite nanotubes, and maghemite
nanotubes were obtained from the synthesized hematite nanotubes by thermal treatment. The crystalline, morphology
and magnetic properties of the hematite and maghemite nanotubes were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD),
scanning electron microscope (SEM) and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), respectively. The biocompatibility of
the synthesized hematite nanotubes was confirmed by the survival and differentiation of PC12 cells in the presence of
the hematite nanotubes coupled to nerve growth factor (NGF). To study the combined effects of the presence of
magnetic nanotubes and external magnetic fields on neurite growth, laminin was coupled to hematite and maghemite
nanotubes, and DRG neurons were cultured in the presence of the treated nanotubes with the application of external
magnetic fields. It was found that neurons can better tolerate external magnetic fields when magnetic nanotubes were
present. Close contacts between nanotubes and filopodia that were observed under SEM showed that the nanotubes and
the growing neurites interacted readily. The drug loading and release capabilities of hematite nanotubes synthesized by
hydrothermal method were tested by using ibuprofen sodium salt (ISS) as a drug model. Our experimental results
indicate that hematite and maghemite nanotubes have good biocompatibility with neurons, could be used in regulating
neurite growth, and are promising vehicles for drug delivery.

Synthesis of hematite and maghemite nanotubes and study of their applications in neuroscience and drug delivery

Magnetic nanotubes hold the potential for neuroscience applications because of the feasibility of controlling the orientation or movement of magnetic nanotubes and their ability to deliver chemicals or biomolecules by an external magnetic field, which can facilitate directed growth of neurites. Therefore, we sought to investigate the effects of laminin treated magnetic nanotubes and external alternating magnetic fields on the growth of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in cell culture. Magnetic nanotubes were synthesized by a hydrothermal method and characterized to confirm their hollow structure, the hematite and maghemite phases, and the magnetic properties. DRG neurons were cultured in the presence of laminin coupled magnetic nanotubes under alternating magnetic fields. Electron microscopy showed a close interaction between magnetic nanotubes and the growing neurites. Phase contrast microscopy revealed live growing neurons suggesting that the combination of the presence of magnetic nanotubes and the alternating magnetic field were tolerated by DRG neurons. The synergistic effects, from both laminin treated magnetic nanotubes and the applied magnetic field on the survival, growth, and electrical activities of the DRG neurons, are currently being investigated.

Magnetic Nanotubes Influence the Response of Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons to Alternating Magnetic Fields

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