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Next Generation Nanomaterials: Smart Nanomaterials, Significance, and Biomedical Applications

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Over the advancement of nanotechnology, a vast number of nanomaterials have been developed and successfully utilized in various applications. Specifically in biomedical applications, still it is a challenging to fabricate nanomaterials with good functional properties for acheiveing better therapeutics. To overcome the limitations of common nanomaterials, smart materials are grabbing more significant attention recently. In earlier days, these smart materials are often defined as a material which can respond in a timely manner to the surrounding environment. Thereafter, definition of smart materials has been expanded that the material that can stimuli by external factors and results a new kind of functional properties. Stimuli agents are further classified as light, temperature, electric, magnetic field, stress, pressure, pH, etc. These controlled abilities of smart materials make them particularly interesting to utilize in various applications such as controlled release of drugs, treatment of various diseases, biosensors, etc. So it is very important to know the various kind of smart nanomaterials and their unique properties under specific stimulating agents. Therefore, in the present chapter, we aim to show various classification of smart nanomaterials and its beneficial advantages in biomedical applications in the past to the future.

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Thangudu, S. (2020). Next Generation Nanomaterials: Smart Nanomaterials, Significance, and Biomedical Applications. In: Khan, F. (eds) Applications of Nanomaterials in Human Health. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4802-4_15

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