Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine : Methods, Devices, and Applications, 2nd Edition

The second edition of Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine is intended to serve as an authoritative reference source for a broad audience involved in the research, teaching, learning, and practice of nanotechnology in life sciences. This technology, which is on the scale of molecules, has enabled the development of devices smaller and more efficient than anything currently available. To understand complex biological nanosystems at the cellular level, we urgently need to develop a next-generation nanotechnology tool kit. It is believed that the new advances in genetic engineering, genomics, proteomics, medicine, and biotechnology will depend on our mastering of nanotechnology in the coming decades. The integration of nanotechnology, material sciences, molecular biology, and medicine opens the possibility of detecting and manipulating atoms and molecules using nanodevices, which have the potential for a wide variety of biological research topics and medical uses at the cellular level. This book presents the most recent scientific and technological advances of nanotechnology for use in biology and medicine. Each chapter provides introductory material with an overview of the topic of interest; a description of methods, protocols, instrumentation, and applications; and a collection of published data with an extensive list of references for further details. The goal of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the most recent advances in instrumentation, methods, and applications in areas of nanobiotechnology, integrating interdisciplinary research and development of interest to scientists, engineers, manufacturers, teachers, and students.

Preface

Chapter 1 : Nanotechnology at the New Frontier of Biology and Medicine
Chapter 2 : Self-Assembled Organic Nanotubes : Novel Bionanomaterials for Orthopaedics and Tissue Engineering
Chapter 3 : Gold Nanoparticles with Organic Linkers for Applications in Biomedicine
Chapter 4 : Nucleoprotein-Based Nanodevices in Drug Design and Delivery
Chapter 5 : Bimetallic Nanoparticles : Synthesis and Characterization
Chapter 6 : Nanotube-based Membrane Systems
Chapter 7 : Nanoimaging of Biomolecules Using Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
Chapter 8 : Development and Modeling of a Novel Self-Assembly Process for Polymer and Polymeric Composite Nanoparticles
Chapter 9 : Cellular Interfacing with Arrays of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanofibers and Nanofiber-Templated Materials
Chapter 10 : Single-Molecule Detection Techniques for Monitoring Cellular Activity at the Nanoscale Level
Chapter 11 : Optical Nanobiosensors and Nanoprobes
Chapter 12 : Surface Enhanced Fluorescence Based Biosensors
Chapter 13 : Biomolecule Sensing Using Surface Plasmon Resonance
Chapter 14 : Molecular SERS Nanoprobes for Medical Diagnostics
Chapter 15 : Silicon Nanoparticles for Biophotonics
Chapter 16 : Nanoscale Optical Sensors Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)
Chapter 17 : Synthetic Biology : From Gene Circuits to Novel Biological Tools
Chapter 18 : Recent Trends in Nanomaterials Integration into Simple Biosensing Platforms
Chapter 19 : Nanobiosensors : Carbon Nanotubes in Bioelectrochemistry
Chapter 20 : Monitoring Apoptosis and Anticancer Drug Activity in Single Cells Using Nanosensors
Chapter 21 : Biosensing and Theranostics Applications of Gold Nanostars
Chapter 22 : A Fractal Analysis of Binding And Dissociation Kinetics of Glucose and Related Analytes on Biosensor Surfaces at the Nanoscale Level
Chapter 23 : Integrated Cantilever Based Biosensors for the Detection of Chemical and Biological Entities
Chapter 24 : Design and Biological Applications of Nanostructured Poly(ethylene glycol) Films
Chapter 25 : Development of Gold Nanostars for Two-Photon Photoluminescence Imaging and Photothermal Therapy
Chapter 26 : Surface Plasmon Enhanced Nanohole Arrays for Biosensing
Chapter 27 : Sensitive DNA Detection and SNP Identification Using Ultrabright SERS Nanorattles and Magnetic Beads for In Vitro Diagnost

Index