BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology [recurso electrónico] : Volume I Biological and Biomedical Nanotechnology / edited by Mauro Ferrari, Abraham P. Lee, L. James Lee.

Biomolecular Sensing for Cancer Diagnostics Using Carbon Nanotubes -- Microspheres for Drug Delivery -- Nanoscale Polymer Fabrication for Biomedical Applications -- 3D Micro- and Nanofabrication and Their Medical Application -- Sacrificial Oxide Layer for Drug Delivery -- Carbon Nanotube Biosensors -- Characterization Methods for Quality Control of Nanopore and Nanochannel Membranes -- Magnetic Nanoparticles for MR Imaging -- Polymer Design for Nonviral Gene Delivery -- Dip-Pen Technologies for Biomolecular Devices -- Engineered Inorganic-Binding Polypeptides for Bionanotechnology -- Dynamic Nanodevices Based on Protein Molecular Motors -- Nanodevices in Biomedical Applications -- Modeling Biomolecular Transport at the Nanoscale -- Nanotechnology in Cancer Drug Therapy: A Biocomputational Approach -- Nanomechanics and Tissue Pathology.

Volume 1 of the multi-volume reference, BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology, focuses on synthetic nanodevices and the synthesis of nanomaterials and the generation of nanoscale features. The nanomaterials include polymeric microspheres and nanostructures, carbon nanotubes, silicon, silicon dioxide, and iron oxide. There is also a chapter on the characterization of critical nanostructures for bio applications such as nanochannels and nanopores. The second part involves hybrid synthetic-biomolecular nanodevices that utilize the self assembly properties of both biomolecules and synthetic materials. There is a chapter discussing the structure-function relations between biomolecular (protein) and inorganic interfaces. The third part gives the theoretical underpinning of bio nanodevices covering computation methods, informatics, and mechanics. These fundamentals are critical in designing the next generation nanodevices and also understanding the interaction between nanodevices and biological systems to enable more efficient in vitro and in vivo bio applications. This volume is very well illustrated with many of the figures in color.