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The Potential of Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery, Cell Tracking, And Journal of Nanomaterials The Potential of Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery, Cell Tracking, and Regenerative Medicine Guest Editors: Krasimir Vasilev, Haifeng Chen, and Patricia Murray Nanoma The Potential of Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery, Cell Tracking, and Regenerative Medicine Journal of Nanomaterials The Potential of Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery, Cell Tracking, and Regenerative Medicine Guest Editors: Krasimir Vasilev, Haifeng Chen, and Patricia Murray Copyright © 2012 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. This is a special issue published in “Journal of Nanomaterials.” All articles are open access articles distributed under the Creative Com- mons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Board Katerina Aifantis, Greece Do Kyung Kim, Korea Somchai Thongtem, Thailand Nageh K. Allam, USA Kin Tak Lau, Australia Alexander V. Tolmachev, Ukraine Margarida Amaral, Portugal Burtrand Lee, USA Valeri P. Tolstoy, Russia Xuedong Bai, China Benxia Li, China Tsung-Yen Tsai, Taiwan L. Balan, France Jun Li, Singapore Takuya Tsuzuki, Australia Enrico Bergamaschi, Italy Shijun Liao, China Raquel Verdejo, Spain Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc, USA Gong Ru Lin, Taiwan Mat U. Wahit, Malaysia C. Jeffrey Brinker, USA J.-Y. Liu, USA Shiren Wang, USA Christian Brosseau, France Jun Liu, USA Yong Wang, USA Xuebo Cao, China Tianxi Liu, China Ruibing Wang, Canada Shafiul Chowdhury, USA Songwei Lu, USA Cheng Wang, China Kwang-Leong Choy, UK Daniel Lu, China Zhenbo Wang, China Cui ChunXiang, China Jue Lu, USA Jinquan Wei, China Miguel A. Correa-Duarte, Spain Ed Ma, USA Ching Ping Wong, USA ShadiA.Dayeh,USA Gaurav Mago, USA Xingcai Wu, China Claude Estournes, France Santanu K. Maiti, Israel Guodong Xia, Hong Kong Alan Fuchs, USA Sanjay R. Mathur, Germany ZhiLiXiao,USA Lian Gao, China A. McCormick, USA Ping Xiao, UK Russell E. Gorga, USA Vikas Mittal, UAE Shuangxi Xing, China Hongchen Chen Gu, China Weihai Ni, Germany Yangchuan Xing, USA Mustafa O. Guler, Turkey Sherine Obare, USA N. Xu, China John Zhanhu Guo, USA Edward Andrew Payzant, USA Doron Yadlovker, Israel Smrati Gupta, Germany Kui-Qing Peng, China Ying-Kui Yang, China Michael Harris, USA Anukorn Phuruangrat, Thailand Khaled Youssef, USA Zhongkui Hong, USA Ugur Serincan, Turkey William W. Yu, USA Michael Z. Hu, USA Huaiyu Shao, Japan Kui Yu, Canada David Hui, USA Donglu Shi, USA Haibo Zeng, China Y.-K. Jeong, Republic of Korea Suprakas Sinha Ray, South Africa Tianyou Zhai, Japan Sheng-Rui Jian, Taiwan Vladimir Sivakov, Germany Renyun Zhang, Sweden Wanqin Jin, China Marinella Striccoli, Italy Yanbao Zhao, China Rakesh K. Joshi, India Bohua Sun, South Africa Lianxi Zheng, Singapore Zhenhui Kang, China Saikat Talapatra, USA Chunyi Zhi, Japan Fathallah Karimzadeh, Iran Nairong Tao, China Alireza Khataee, Iran Titipun Thongtem, Thailand Contents The Potential of Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery, Cell Tracking, and Regenerative Medicine, Krasimir Vasilev, Haifeng Chen, and Patricia Murray Volume 2012, Article ID 206582, 2 pages Nanoporous Silicon as Drug Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapies, Sazan M. Haidary, Emma P. Co’rcoles, and Nihad K. Ali Volume 2012, Article ID 830503, 15 pages Cytotoxicity of Carbon Nanotubes on J774 Macrophages Is a Purification-Dependent Effect, Silvia Lorena Montes-Fonseca, Erasmo Orrantia-Borunda, Alberto Duarte-Mo”ller, Antonia Luna-Velasco, Manuel Roma’n-Aguirre, Carmen Gonza’lez Horta, and Blanca Sa’nchez-Rami’rez Volume 2012, Article ID 715838, 7 pages Immunocytes as a Biocarrier to Delivery Therapeutic and Imaging Contrast Agents to Tumors, Jinhyang Choi, Ha-Na Woo, Eun Jin Ju, Joohee Jung, Hye-Kyung Chung, Jaesook Park, Seok Soon Park, Seol Hwa Shin, Hye Ji Park, Jin Seong Lee, Si Yeol Song, Seong-Yun Jeong, and Eun Kyung Choi Volume 2012, Article ID 863704, 8 pages Microfluidic Platforms for Evaluation of Nanobiomaterials: A Review, Venkataraman Giridharan, YeoHeung Yun, Peter Hajdu, Laura Conforti, Boyce Collins, Yongseok Jang, and Jagannathan Sankar Volume 2012, Article ID 789841, 14 pages Therapeutic Angiogenesis of PLGA-Heparin Nanoparticle in Mouse Ischemic Limb, Lishan Lian, Feng Tang, Jing Yang, Changwei Liu, and Yongjun Li Volume 2012, Article ID 193704, 6 pages Evaluation of the Morphology and Osteogenic Potential of Titania-Based Electrospun Nanofibers, Xiaokun Wang, Jingxian Zhu, Ling Yin, Shize Liu, Xin Zhang, Yingfang Ao, and Haifeng Chen Volume 2012, Article ID 959578, 7 pages Interlayer Structure of Bioactive Molecule, 2-Aminoethanesulfonate, Intercalated into Calcium-Containing Layered Double Hydroxides, Tae-Hyun Kim, Hyoung Jun Kim, and Jae-Min Oh Volume 2012, Article ID 987938, 7 pages Intra/Inter-Particle Energy Transfer of Luminescence Nanocrystals for Biomedical Applications, Ching-Ping Liu, Shih-Hsun Cheng, Nai-Tzu Chen, and Leu-Wei Lo Volume 2012, Article ID 706134, 9 pages Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles and RNAi-Mediated Gene Silencing: Evolving Class of Cancer Diagnostics and Therapeutics, Sanchareeka Dey and Tapas K. Maiti Volume 2012, Article ID 129107, 15 pages Effect of Orally Administered Glutathione-Montmorillonite Hybrid Systems on Tissue Distribution, Miri Baek and Soo-Jin Choi Volume 2012, Article ID 469372, 7 pages Bifunctional Silica-Coated Superparamagnetic FePt Nanoparticles for Fluorescence/MR Dual Imaging, Syu-Ming Lai, Tsiao-Yu Tsai, Chia-Yen Hsu, Jai-Lin Tsai, Ming-Yuan Liao, and Ping-Shan Lai Volume 2012, Article ID 631584, 7 pages In Vitro Degradation of PHBV Scaffolds and nHA/PHBV Composite Scaffolds Containing Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles for Bone Tissue Engineering, Naznin Sultana and Tareef Hayat Khan Volume 2012, Article ID 190950, 12 pages Novel Mannan-PEG-PE Modified Bioadhesive PLGA Nanoparticles for Targeted Gene Delivery, Guicun Wu, Fang Zhou, Linfu Ge, Ximin Liu, and Fansheng Kong Volume 2012, Article ID 981670, 9 pages Nanopolymers Delivery of the Bone Morphogenetic Protein-4 Plasmid to Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promotes Articular Cartilage Repair In Vitro and In Vivo, Junjun Shi, Xin Zhang, Yanbin Pi, Jingxian Zhu, Chunyan Zhou, and Yingfang Ao Volume 2012, Article ID 236953, 9 pages Applications and Nanotoxicity of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene in Biomedicine, Caitlin Fisher, Amanda E. Rider, Zhao Jun Han, Shailesh Kumar, Igor Levchenko, and Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov Volume 2012, Article ID 315185, 19 pages Enhancement of Radiotherapeutic Efficacy by Paclitaxel-Loaded pH-Sensitive Block Copolymer Micelles, Joohee Jung, Min Sang Kim, Sung-Jin Park, Hye Kyung Chung, Jinhyang Choi, Jaesook Park, Dong-Hoon Jin, Si Yeol Song, Heon Joo Park, Doo Sung Lee, Seong-Yun Jeong, and Eun Kyung Choi Volume 2012, Article ID 867036, 5 pages Antibacterial Properties of Silver-Loaded Plasma Polymer Coatings, Lydie Ploux, Mihaela Mateescu, Karine Anselme, and Krasimir Vasilev Volume 2012, Article ID 674145, 9 pages Magnetic Nanoparticle Hyperthermia Using Pluronic-Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles: An In Vitro Study, Asahi Tomitaka, Tsutomu Yamada, and Yasushi Takemura Volume 2012, Article ID 480626, 5 pages Electrospun Borneol-PVP Nanocomposites, Xiao-Yan Li, Xia Wang, Deng-Guang Yu, Shuai Ye, Qi-Kun Kuang, Qing-Wen Yi, and Xin-Zhe Yao Volume 2012, Article ID 731382, 8 pages Gradient Technology for High-Throughput Screening of Interactions between Cells and Nanostructured Materials, Andrew Michelmore, Lauren Clements, David A. Steele, Nicolas H. Voelcker, and Endre J. Szili Volume 2012, Article ID 839053, 7 pages Nanoparticles in Cancer Imaging and Therapy, Leon Smith, Zdenka Kuncic, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov, and Shailesh Kumar Volume 2012, Article ID 891318, 7 pages Hindawi Publishing Corporation Journal of Nanomaterials Volume 2012, Article ID 206582, 2 pages doi:10.1155/2012/206582 Editorial The Potential of Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery, Cell Tracking, and Regenerative Medicine Krasimir Vasilev,1, 2 Haifeng Chen,3 and Patricia Murray4 1 Mawson Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia 2 School of Advanced Manufacturing, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Australia 3 Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China 4 School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK Correspondence should be addressed to Krasimir Vasilev, [email protected] Received 27 May 2012; Accepted 27 May 2012 Copyright © 2012 Krasimir Vasilev et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Recent progress in bio- and nanotechnology has led to the Seven excellent reviews published in this special issue development of a rich variety of novel materials, precisely present a critical overview of recent progress in the cor- engineered at the nanoscale, which hold great potential to responding field of regenerative medicine and the authors’ revolutionize traditional medical treatments and therapies. view for their future directions. Two of the reviews focus on This special issue brings together and highlights the latest drug delivery through hydrogels and porous silicon. A review advances in the use of nanomaterials in biomedical tech- article by S. Dey and T. K. Maiti discusses gene silencing nologies, such as drug delivery, cell tracking, imaging, and though superparamagnetic nanoparticles. The progress and regenerative medicine as a whole. Regenerative
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