ABSTRACT
In the field of nanoparticles, a new terminology has developed in recent decades: metallic nanoparticles or nanostructured materials. Metallic nanoparticles have been widely employed in biomedicine and associated industries globally. This chapter explores how metallic nanoparticles are classified, how they’re synthesized, how they perform, how they’re delivered, and what the future will bring for nanoparticles. Metal-based nanostructures are nanoparticles synthesized using metals to nanosized dimensions, possibly destructively or constructively. Metallic oxide-based nanostructures are being established to improve on the properties of their metal-based counterparts. Due to their minimal degradation limitations, doped metallic NPs have already been explored for utilization in a variety of medicinal applications. Nanostructures must be digested in the biological body during uptake and biodispersion, resulting in changes in their physical and chemical characteristics. The way nanostructures are metabolized in the human body may be influenced by their structure.
