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Modulation of the Bioactivity of Inorganic Nanomaterials by Controlling Nanobiointerface

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A biointerface is the material boundary of a biological system and another material that can be both organic and inorganic. From a technological point of view, it is a determining factor of the effectiveness, magnitude, and nature of the interaction among any biological system with outer substances, and therefore it is a key factor in the bioactivity of materials. With the development of nanotechnology, the study and interest about biointerfaces, both biotic and abiotic, has grown enormously since the applications in the biomedical, microbiological, analytical, and pharmacological fields are very varied and promising. From the nanotechnology perspective, a biointerface is not only defined as a determining barrier of the surface and contact properties of biosystems, but also it is one more component that can be designed and controlled for specific purposes. In the field of nanomaterials, e.g., metallic nanoparticles, the biointerface can be defined between the metallic core and the capping agent, which can be a biomolecule, but at the same time it can be conceptualized between the capping agent and a cell, a biological fluid, or some living tissue. In this chapter, the main concepts, manufacture, study, control, and applications of nanobiointerfaces obtained from inorganic nanomaterials, with particular emphasis in the aspects related to modulating their bioactivity are described.

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Palencia, M., Rengifo, J.M., Lerma, T.A. (2023). Modulation of the Bioactivity of Inorganic Nanomaterials by Controlling Nanobiointerface. In: Shanker, U., Hussain, C.M., Rani, M. (eds) Handbook of Green and Sustainable Nanotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69023-6_86-1

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