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blends materials, fabrication, and structure issues of developing nanobio devices in a single volume.
treats major nanobio application areas such as drug delivery, molecular diagnostics, and imaging.
chapters written by the leading researchers in the field.
List of contents
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.
About the author
Mauro Ferrari is a pioneer in the fields of bioMEMS and biomedical nanotechnology. As a leading academic, a dedicated entrepreneur, and a vision setter for the Nation's premier Federal programs in nanomedicine, he brings a three-fold vantage perspective to his roles as Editor-in-Chief for this work. Dr. Ferrari has authored or co-authored over 150 scientific publications, 6 books, and over 20 US andInternational patents. Dr. Ferrari is also Editor-in-Chief of Biomedical Microdevices and series editor of the new Springer series on Emerging Biomedical Technologies.Several private sector companies originated from his laboratories at the Ohio State University and the University of California at Berkeley over the years. On a Federal assignment as SpecialExpert in Nanotechnology and Eminent Scholar, he has provided the scientific leadership for the development of the Alliance for Cancer Nanotechnology of the National Cancer Institute, the world-largest medical nanotechnology operation to date. Dr. Ferrari trained in mathematical physics in Italy, obtained his Master's and Ph.D. in MechanicalEngineering at Berkeley, attended medical school at The Ohio State University, and served in faculty positions in Materials Science and Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering in Berkeley, where he was first tenured. At Ohio State he currently serves as Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, as Edgar Hendrickson Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and as Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He is Associate Director of the Dorothy M. DavisHeart and Lung Research Institute, and the University's Associate Vice President for Health Science, Technology and Commercialization.
Summary
blends materials, fabrication, and structure issues of developing nanobio devices in a single volume.
treats major nanobio application areas such as drug delivery, molecular diagnostics, and imaging.
chapters written by the leading researchers in the field.
