Biocompatible Hybrid Oxide Nanoparticles for Human Health

Inna V. Melnyk is Senior Scientist at the Institute of Geotechnics SAS, Kosice, Slovak Republic and the Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry, NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine. Her research focuses in the areas of sol-gel technique, surface chemistry, directed synthesis and design of hybrid materials (magnetically controlled particles, silica particles, membranes) and their application in sorption processes, water purification, bionanotechnology. Miroslava Vaclavikova is principle Senior Scientist, Institute of Geotechnics SAS, Kosice, Slovak Republic. Her research focuses in environmental technologies, especially on development, testing and applications of novel materials based on iron oxides for the removal of heavy metals as well as on surface modification of minerals such as zeolites, clays, and carbon. Gulaim A. Seisenbaeva is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. Her research focuses include the tailoring of functional hybrid adsorbents for water remediation and hydrometallurgy, and the application of porous oxides as alkali ion battery materials. Vadim G. Kessler is Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Bionanotechnology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. His research interests include developing molecular precursor chemistry for the synthesis of nanomaterials, and developing nanotechnology for biomedical and agricultural applications.

• Water remediation1. The adsorptive properties of titanosilicate xerogels and membranes of identical genesis2. Structure and surface chemistry of aminofunctionalized silica spherical particles as sorptive and antimicrobial agents3. Silica and titania nanoadsorbents for application in molecular recognition technology4. Mesoporous acid-modified silicas and their application in sorption and catalysis5. Synthesis and photocatalytic properties of nanostructured titania films, doped with transition metals (Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Fe)Biotechnology and biomedicine6. From nano- to micro-particles of polysaccharide-silica composites through self-assembly and sol-gel processes7. Polymer adsorption modified nanosilica as a sorbent for medical applications8. Molecular recognition in silica nanohybrids: Synthesis and applications9. Processing of natural mineral magnetite for medical applications10. Enzymatic sol-gel composites based on alumina and ferria for treatment of cardiovascular diseases Sensors11. Titania-graphene and titania–Cdots materials through sol-gel processing12. Synthesis and study of multiferroic and ferroelectric 'core-shell' powders for application in electronic devices for medicine and ecology13. New routes for the fabrication of TiO2 Inverse opal films and their application in intelligent devices14. Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of iron-containing garnets