Nanostructured adsorbents for the control of contaminants detrimental to health (NOMAD)

Sandeman, Susan (2021) Nanostructured adsorbents for the control of contaminants detrimental to health (NOMAD). [Data Collection]

Project Description

The biomedical applications for newly emerging nanostructured carbon materials are topical and far-reaching. Whilst early evidence suggests that these materials lend themselves to a diverse range of biological applications from anti-bacterial and anti-viral systems to biosensing and diagnostics, cancer targeting, drug delivery and tissue engineering, their development for such applications remains embryonic. The project group have combined expertise in nanostructured adsorbents based on graphene nanoparticles (NP), graphene aerogels, polymer derived ceramic-carbide derived carbons (CDCs), polymer cryogel and carbon composites and in testing models to assess such materials for medical haemoperfusion and microbial, organic chemical and heavy metal decontamination applications.