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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.
List of contents
1. Fabrication of Nanomaterials
1.1 Synthetic Approaches to Metallic Nanomaterials
1.2 Synthetic Approaches to Carbon Nanomaterials
1.3 Nanostructured Systems from Low-Dimensional Building Blocks
1.4 Nanostructured Collagen Mimics in Tissue Engineering
1.5 Molecular Biomimetics: Building Materials the Nature's Way, One molecule at a Time
2. Characterization Tools for Nanomaterials and Nanosystems
2.1 Electron Microscopy Techniques for Characterization of Nanomaterials
2.2 X-ray Absorption and X-ray Diffraction Tools for Characterization of Nanomaterials
2.3 Single-molecule Detection in Nanotechnology and Biology
2.4 Nanotechnologies for Cellular and Molecular Imaging by MRI
3. Application of Nanotechnology in Biomedical Research
3.1 Nanotechnology in Non-Viral Gene Delivery
3.2 Nanoparticles for Cancer Drug Delivery
3.3 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Metal Nanoshells
3.4 Decorporation of Biohazards Utilizing Nanoscale Magnetic Carrier Systems
3.5 Nanotechnology in Biological Agent Decontamination
4. Impact of Biomedical Nanotechnology on Education, Industry and Society
4.1 Too Small to See : Educating the Next Generation in Nanoscale Science and Engineering
4.2 Nanobiomedical Technology: Financial, Legal, Clinical, Political, Ethical and Societal Challenges to Implementation
About the author
Dr. Challa S. S. R. Kumar is Director of Nanofabrication and Nanomaterials at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, USA. He is also President and CEO of Magnano Technologies and has some years of industrial R&D experience working for Imperial Chemical Industries and United Breweries. His main research interests are the development of novel synthetic methods, including those based on microfluidic reactors, for the synthesis of multifunctional nanomaterials. Dr. Kumar is the winner of the 2006 Nano 50 Technology Award for his work in magnetic-based nanoparticles for cancer imaging and treatment. He is the editor and author of several books and journal articles, and a former editor of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology.
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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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"Die Herausgeber und Autoren haben hervorragende Arbeit geleistet und ein Buch konzipiert, das eine breite Leserschaft anspricht und sich einen besonderen Platz im Bücherregal von Studierenden, Professoren und Ingenieuren verdient."
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"Die Herausgeber und Autoren haben hervorragende Arbeit geleistet und ein Buch konzipiert, das eine breite Leserschaft anspricht und sich einen besonderen Platz im Bücherregal von Studierenden, Professoren und Ingenieuren verdient."
Angewandte Chemie
