About the Book
o Chapter 1. Dynamic interactive systems for constitutional water and ion nano-channelso Chapter 2. DNA transfection & Gene therapyo Chapter 3. Drug delivery: rotaxanes & polyrotaxanes, Smart polymeric materialso Chapter 4. New core-shell for active drug delivery: Magnetic nano-particles, CNTs, MOFso Chapter 5. Hydrogels for tissue engineering based on G-quartet, Chitosan & various monoaldehydeso Chapter 6. Tissue engineering o Chapter 7. Modelisation and computitional chemistry
-1) Simon Webb, University of Manchester, UK - Approaches Towards Synthetic Signal Transduction in Phospholipid Bilayers-2) Julien Boudon, Fadoua Sallem, Alexis Loiseau, Lionel Maurizi, Anne-Laure Papa, Nadine Millot, University of Bourgogne-Franche Conté, France - Development of Novel Versatile Theranostic Platforms Based on Titanate Nanotubes: Towards Safe Nanocarriers for Biomedical Applications-3) Christoph Janiak, University of Dusseldorf, Germany - Metal-organic Framework-Polymer Mixed-Matrix Membranes-4) Marc Baaden, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, University of Paris, France - Insights into Adaptive Selforganized Supramolecular Structures from Molecular Modeling and Visualization
-5) Angela Casini, Technical University of Munich, German - Self-Assembled Metallacages as Drug Delivery Systems: Design Concepts and Challenge
-6) Alex Palma-Cando*, YachayTech University, Ecuador, and Ullrich Scherf, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany - Functional Microporous Polymer Networks: Synthesis and Applications-7) Claudiu T. Supuran*, University of Florence, Italy - A Story on Carbon Dioxide and its Hydration-8) Aatto Laaksonen, Stockholm University, Sweden - Inverse Design and Hierarchical Multiscale Modelling of Biological Matter-9) Kurt Vesterager Gothelf, iNANO, Aarhus University, Denmark - DNA-Directed Self-assembly of Macromolecular Structures
-10) Luisa De Cola, Institute de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (I.S.I.S.), University of Strasbourg, France and KIT, Germany - Luminescent Complexes and their Assemblies: from Understanding to Artificial Virus -11) Ulrich S. Schubert, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany - Tailor-Made Polymers and Nanoparticles for Applications in Nanomedicine-12) Sinda Lepetre-Mouelhi, Institut Galien, University Paris-Saclay, France - Squalene-based Nanomedicines: An Original and Efficient Approach for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders without Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier-13) Sylvia Wagner, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMTSulzbach, Germany - Biodegradable Nanoparticles for Specific Drug Transport-14) Stephane P Vincent, University of Namur, Belgium - Multivalent rotaxanes designed as antibiofilm agents
SupraChem Lab, Iasi, RO-15) Mihaela Silion, Adina Coroaba, Radu Zonda, Sorin Ibanescu, Mariana Pinteala, Marc Abadie - Measuring Ionic Transport through Lipid Bilayers -16) Lilia Clima, Mariana Pinteala & Co - Polymeric Carriers for Transporting Nucleic Acids - Contributions to the Field-17) Gheorghe Fundueanu, Sanda Bucatariu, Marieta Constantin - Smart Polymeric Materials for Drug Delivery -18) Alexandru Rotaru, Laura Rusu, Mariana Pinteala & CO - Supramolecular Guanosine-quadruplex Hydrogels and Hydrogel Composites for Cell Growth Applications-19) Marin Luminita & CO - Hydrogelation of Chitosan with Monoaldehydes towards Biomaterials with Tuned Properties -20) Adrian Fifere, Mariana Pinteala & CO - Inorganic Nanoarticles as Free Radical Scavengers-21) Rosca Irina - A Microbiological Epilogue - Nosocomial Infections -22) Andrei Neamtu, Cornel Cojocaru - Molecular Dynamic Simulations and In Silic
About the Author: Prof. Marc Abadie
Professor Emeritus, University of Montpellier, Institute Charles Gerhardt Montpellier - Aggregates, Interfaces & Materials for Energy (ICGM/AIME, UMR CNRS 5253). He was Full Professor @ the University of Montpellier and Head of Laboratory of Polymer Science and Advanced Organic Materials - LEMP/MAO. Dr es Sciences from Institute Charles Sadron (former Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules), University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg. His present activities concern High performance composites and nanocomposites, UV & EB coatings, Biomaterials, Green Chemistry and Aircrafts manufacturing. He has published 14 books and 12 patents. He has advised nearly 95 M.S. and 52 Ph.D. students with whom he has published over 430 per reviewed papers. More than 45 years experience in Polymer Science with 10 years in the industry (IBM USA, MOD UK, SNPA/Total France). Currently ERA CHAIR holder Horizon 2020.
Dr. Mariana Pinteala
Centre of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers department, "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry. Interests: development of new polymer-based materials: supramolecular (co)polymers; polymer-functionalized nanoparticles; interpolymer complexes between hydrophobic-hydrophylic copolymers; blend and networks containing silicon-based polymers; aggregation of block copolymers in solution by fluorescence; synthesis and characterization of polymers and copolymers (especially siloxane containing block copolymers); cationic, anionic and radical copolymerization; structure-property relationship evaluation, data analysis, and interpretation; biopolymer-based nanocomposites for biomedical applications; dynamic polymeric matrixes for tissue engineering; antifungal nanotherapeutics; focal gene and drug delivery systems; ESR spectroscopy.
Dr. Alexandru Rotaru
Centre of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers department, "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry. He received his PhD (Organic Chemistry) in 2005 at the "Al. I. Cuza" University of Iasi, Romania. He is senior researcher at "Petru Poni" Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Iasi, Romania since 2012. During his PhD studies Alexandru Rotaru spent twelve moths DAAD scholarship at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Heidelberg University, Germany. After the completion of his PhD studies he continued with postdoctoral position at Inorganic Chemistry Department, Heidelberg University, Germany (24 months), followed by another postdoctoral position at Aarhus University, Denmark (4 years). Scientific fields of interest include: organic synthesis, oligonucleotide chemistry, preparation and characterization of DNA-based nanostructures, supramolecular chemistry, metal nanoparticles and nanoconjugates of metal nanoparticles with carbon nanotubes. Alexandru Rotaru is author and co-author of 37 publications and multiple participations at national and international conferences. He was project member and director in European and national projects, and he currently is member of the Romanian Chemical Society.