Nanofabrication towards biomedical applications: techniques, tools, applications, and impact

Challa S. S. R. Kumar, Josef Hormes, Carola Leuschner3527311157, 9783527311156

This book focuses on the materials, synthetic methods, tools and techniques being developed in the nanoregime towards the life sciences — in particular biology, biotechnology and medicine. Readers from materials science, engineering, chemistry, biology and medical backgrounds will find detailed accounts of the design and synthesis of nanomaterials and the tools and techniques involved in their production for applications in biology, biotechnology and medicine.

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Table of contents :
Cover Page……Page 1
Title Page……Page 2
2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co…….Page 3
Foreword……Page 4
Contents……Page 6
Preface……Page 14
List of Contributors……Page 17
I Fabrication of Nanomaterials……Page 22
1 Synthetic Approaches to Metallic Nanomaterials……Page 23
2 Synthetic Approaches for Carbon Nanotubes……Page 53
3 Nanostructured Systems from Low-Dimensional Building Blocks……Page 76
4 Nanostructured Collagen Mimics in Tissue Engineering……Page 113
5 Molecular Biomimetics: Building Materials Natures Way, One Molecule at a Time……Page 136
II Characterization Tools for Nanomaterials and Nanosystems……Page 152
6 Electron Microscopy Techniques for Characterization of Nanomaterials……Page 153
7 X-Ray Methods for the Characterization of Nanoparticles……Page 179
8 Single-Molecule Detection and Manipulation in Nanotechnology and Biology……Page 213
9 Nanotechnologies for Cellular and Molecular Imaging by MRI……Page 242
III Application of Nanotechnology in Biomedical Research……Page 266
10 Nanotechnology in Nonviral Gene Delivery……Page 267
11 Nanoparticles for Cancer Drug Delivery……Page 302
12 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Metal Nanoshells……Page 340
13 Decorporation of Biohazards Utilizing Nanoscale Magnetic Carrier Systems……Page 356
14 Nanotechnology in Biological Agent Decontamination……Page 378
IV Impact of Biomedical Nanotechnology on Industry, Society, and Education……Page 386
15 Too Small to See: Educating the Next Generation in Nanoscale Science and Engineering……Page 387
16 Nanobiomedical Technology: Financial, Legal, Clinical, Political, Ethical, and Societal Challanges to Implementation……Page 402
A,B,C……Page 426
D,E,F……Page 427
G,H,I,K,L,M……Page 428
N,O,P……Page 429
Q,R,S,T……Page 430
U,V,W,X,Z……Page 431