Surveying the Most Recent Experimental Approaches in Three Areas of Increasing Complexity within the Nanobiotechnology Industry: Nanoparticles, Nanostructures and Nanomachines.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c52330) has announced the addition of Nanobiotechnology II: More Concepts and Applications to their offering. Following the spectacularly successful approach of the editors first book on the subject, chemists, life scientists, physicists and engineers have again been brought together here to explore what is probably the most fascinating area in current science and technology. The second book in the series ventures into many novel areas and techniques that have emerged since. To capture this highly interdisciplinary field, the book is organized into four parts. The first three parts survey most recent experimental approaches in three areas of increasing complexity: Nanoparticles, Nanostructures and Nanomachines. Within each category, individual contributions by leading edge research groups present what has so far been possible to achieve and where future developments are leading. A fourth section covers recent advances in the analytics of nanostructures that are a common prerequisite for moving back the boundaries in any one of the areas discussed in the first three parts of the book. Content Outline: Preface. List of Contributors. I Self-Assembly and Nanoparticles: Novel Principles. 1 Self-Assembled Artificial Transmembrane transmembrane /trans·mem·brane/ (trans-mem´bran) extending across a membrane, usually referring to a protein subunit that is exposed on both sides of a cell membrane. trans·mem·brane adj. Ion Channels (Mary S. Gin, Emily G. Schmidt, and Pinaki Talukdar). 2 Self-Assembling Nanostructures from Coiled-Coil Peptides (Maxim G. Ryadnov and Derek N. Woolfson). 3 Synthesis and Assembly of Nanoparticles and Nanostructures Using Bio-Derived Templates (Erik Dujardin and Stephen Mann). 4 Proteins and Nanoparticles: Covalent co·va·lent adj. Of or relating to a chemical bond characterized by one or more pairs of shared electrons. and Noncovalent Conjugates (Rochelle R. Arvizo, Mrinmoy De, and Vincent M. Rotello). 5 Self-Assembling DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. Nanostructures for Patterned Molecular Assembly (Thomas H. LaBean, Kurt V. Gothelf, and John H. Reif). 6 Biocatalytic bi·o·cat·a·lyst n. A substance, especially an enzyme, that initiates or modifies the rate of a chemical reaction in a living body; a biochemical catalyst. bi Growth of Nanoparticles for Sensors and Circuitry (Ronan Baron, Bilha Willner, and Itamar Willner). II Nanostructures for Analytics. 7 Nanoparticles for Electrochemical electrochemical /elec·tro·chem·i·cal/ (-kem´i-k'l) pertaining to interaction or interconversion of chemical and electrical energies. e·lec·tro·chem·i·cal adj. Bioassays (Joseph Wang). 8 Luminescent lu·mi·nes·cent adj. Capable of, suitable for, or exhibiting luminescence. [Latin l  men, l Semiconductor Quantum Dots in Biology (Thomas Pons,
Aaron R. Clapp, Igor L. Medintz, and Hedi Mattoussi).
9 Nanoscale Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance The excitation of surface plasmons by light is denoted as a surface plasmon resonance (SPR) for planar surfaces or localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) for nanometer-sized metallic structures. Biosensors (Katherine A. Willets, W. Paige Hall, Leif J. Sherry, Xiaoyu Zhang, Jing jing (jing) [Chinese] one of the basic substances that according to traditional Chinese medicine pervade the body, usually translated as "essence"; the body reserves or constitutional makeup, replenished by food and rest, that supports Zhao, and Richard P. Van Duyne). 10 Cantilever Array Sensors for Bioanalysis and Diagnostics (Hans Peter Lang, Martin Hegner, and Christoph Gerber). 11 Shear-Force-Controlled Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy (Tilman E. Schaumlffer, Boris Anczykowski, Matthias Boumlcker, and Harald Fuchs). 12 Label-Free Nanowire and Nanotube A carbon molecule that resembles a cylinder made out of chicken wire one to two nanometers in diameter by any number of millimeters in length. Accidentally discovered by a Japanese researcher at NEC in 1990 while making Buckyballs, they have potential use in many applications. Biomolecular Sensors for In-Vitro Diagnosis of Cancer and other Diseases (James R. Heath). 13 Bionanoarrays (Rafael A. Vega, Khalid Salaita, Joseph J. Kakkassery, and Chad A. Mirkin). III Nanostructures for Medicinal Applications. 14 Biological Barriers to Nanocarrier-Mediated Delivery of Therapeutic and Imaging Agents (Rudy Juliano). 15 Organic Nanoparticles: Adapting Emerging Techniques from the Electronics Industry for the Generation of Shape-Specific, Functionalized Carriers for Applications in Nanomedicine (Larken E. Euliss, Julie A. DuPont, and Joseph M. DeSimone). 16 Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimer-Based Multifunctional Nanoparticles (Thommey P. Thomas, Rameshwer Shukla, Istvan J. Majoros, Andrzej Myc, and James R. Baker, Jr.). 17 Nanoparticle Contrast Agents for Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), noninvasive diagnostic technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to produce cross-sectional images of organs and other internal body structures. (Young-wook Jun, Jae-Hyun Lee, and Jinwoo Cheon). 18 Micro- and Nanoscale Control of Cellular Environment for Tissue Engineering (Ali Khademhosseini Ali Khademhosseini (born October 30, 1975) is a Professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. He is internationally known for his research in the area of biomedical microdevices and biomaterials. , Yibo Ling, Jeffrey M. Karp, and Robert Langer). 19 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targeted Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles (Patrick M. Winter, Shelton D. Caruthers, Gregory M. Lanza, and Samuel A. Wickline). 20 Biological Nanomotors (Manfred Schliwa). 21 Biologically Inspired Hybrid Nanodevices (David Wendell, Eric Dy, Jordan Patti, and Carlo D. Montemagno). For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c52330 |
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