Advances in Bionanomaterials

Part I. Nanomaterials Engineering

1. Nanoliposomes Production by a Protocol Based on a Simil-Microfluidic Approach
Sabrina Bochicchio, Annalisa Dalmoro, Federica Recupido, Gaetano Lamberti, Anna Angela Barba

2. Production of Nanostructured Microspheres Biopolymer-Active Principle-Magnetic Nanoparticles by Supercritical Assisted Atomization
Renata Adami, Mariarosa Scognamiglio, Ernesto Reverchon

3. Encapsulation of Hydrophilic and Lipophilic Compounds in Nanosomes Produced with a Supercritical Based Process
Paolo Trucillo, Roberta Campardelli, Ernesto Reverchon

4. Supercritical Antisolvent Process: PVP/Nimesulide Coprecipitates
Iolanda Marco, Valentina Prosapio, Ernesto Reverchon

5. PLA-Based Nanobiocomposites with Modulated Biodegradation Rate
Valentina Iozzino, Felice De Santis, Valentina Volpe, Roberto Pantani

Part II. Modelling of Bionanomaterials

6. Modelling Approach to Enzymatic pH Oscillators in Giant Lipid Vesicles
Ylenia Miele, Tamás Bánsági, Annette F. Taylor, Federico Rossi

7. Dissipative Particle Dynamics Study of Alginate/Gelatin Aerogels Obtained by Supercritical Drying
Simona Concilio, Stefano Piotto, Lucia Sessa, Lucia Baldino, Stefano Cardea, Ernesto Reverchon

8. Molecular Dynamics and Morphing Protocols for High Accuracy Molecular Docking
Lucia Sessa, Simona Concilio, Stefano Piotto

9. Modelling Giant Lipid Vesicles Designed for Light Energy Transduction
Emiliano Altamura, Francesco Milano, Massimo Trotta, Pasquale Stano, Fabio Mavelli

10. A Computational Approach to the Design of Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
Antonio Boccaccio, Antonio Emmanuele Uva, Michele Fiorentino, Vitoantonio Bevilacqua, Carmine Pappalettere, Giuseppe Monno

11. Air Assisted Production of Alginate Beads Using Focusing Flow Microfluidic Devices: Numerical Modeling of Beads Formation
Francesco Marra, Angela Vivo, Fabrizio Sarghini

Part III. Applications of Bionanomaterials

12. Environmental Application of Extra-Framework Oxygen Anions in the Nano-Cages of Mayenite
Adriano Intiso, Raffaele Cucciniello, Stefano Castiglione, Antonio Proto, Federico Rossi

13. Current Directions in Synthetic Cell Research
Pasquale Stano, Giordano Rampioni, Francesca D’Angelo, Emiliano Altamura, Fabio Mavelli, Roberto Marangoni, Federico Rossi, Luisa Damiano

14. Green Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles from Extracts of Cucurbita pepo L. Leaves: Insights on the Role of Plant Ageing
Cristina Gonnelli, Cristiana Giordano, Umberto Fontani, Maria Cristina Salvatici, Sandra Ristori

15. Photosynthesis Without the Organisms: The Bacterial Chromatophores
Emiliano Altamura, Fabio Mavelli, Francesco Milano, Massimo Trotta

Keywords: Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Systems Biology