Applications of Nanofluids in Healthcare: Future Perspectives

Applications of Nanofluids in Healthcare: Future Perspectives

K. Radhika, N. Suthanthira Vanitha, D. Anitha, K. Bashkaran, K. Shemalaa Ganthi
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-9135-5.ch011
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Abstract

Advancement of nanotechnology leads to the creation of innovation in nanostructures which are characterized by their explorative utilization in a variety of applications in biosciences. Nanofluid technology is an interdisciplinary field, where nanoscience, nanotechnology, and thermal engineering have enhanced over the past decades. The diagnosis and therapeutic aspects of diseases are found to be improved very efficiently in drug delivery platform by using nanofluids. Nanofluids contain novel properties which are potentially employed in several applications like biotechnology, national security and defense, food and agriculture, information technology, aerospace, plastics and textile industries, energy and environment, cosmetics, and health and medicine. This chapter discusses the future perspectives and applications of nanofluids.
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2.Types Of Nanofluids

The name nanofuid refers to fluids that contain distributed nanoscale particles. Nanofluids are classified into four different categories based on the type of dispersed particle: (1) metal (2) metal oxide (3) carbon (4) metal hybrid. Nanoparticles of single elements, such as Cu, Fe, and Ag, as well as single element oxides, such as CuO, Cu2O, Al2O3, and TiO2, as well as alloys, can be utilized to create nanofuids (Eg: Cu-Zn, Fe-Ni, and Ag-Cu), multielement oxides (Eg: CuZnFe4O4, NiFe2O4, and ZnFe2O4), metal carbides (SiC, B4C & ZrC), metal nitrides (SiN, TiN, and AlN), and carbon materials like graphite, carbon nanotubes, and diamond balanced in water, oil and other refrigents shown in figure 1.

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