Overview

This volume is the first to combine in one book both nanodevice assembly from biomaterials as well as nanodevices of non-biological materials for use in the life sciences, showing how both kinds can be used in the context of nanoscale research. As such, it covers the important material classes for device assembly -- fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, kinesine microtubules -- as well as a wide range of applications, including sensory systems, analytics, bioelectronics, drug delivery, and bioNEMS. The result is a systematic coverage of all stages of research and development: physics and fundamentals, modeling, device fabrication strategies, material aspects, and applications.

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Author:   Challa S. S. R. Kumar (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA)
Publisher:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.034kg
ISBN:  

9783527313846

ISBN 10:   3527313842
Pages:   489
Publication Date:   18 August 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Physics and Modeling of Biofunctionalized Nanoelectromechanical Systems Chapter 2: Mathematical and Computational Modeling: Towards the Development and Application of Nanodevices for Drug Delivery Chapter 3: Nanolithography: Towards Fabrication of Nanodevices for Life Sciences Chapter 4: Microcantilever-based Nanodevices in the Life Sciences Chapter 5: Nanobioelectronics Chapter 6: DNA Nanodevices: Prototypes and Applications Chapter 7: Towards the Realization of Nanobiosensors Based on G-protein-coupled Receptors Chapter 8: Protein-based Nanotechnology: Kinesin-Microtubule-driven Systems for Bioanalytical Applications Chapter 9: Self-assembly and Bio-directed Approaches of Carbon Nanotubes: Towards Device Fabrication Chapter 10: Nanodevices for Biosensing: Design, Fabrication and Applications Chapter 11: Fullerene-based Devices for Biological Applications Chapter 12: Nanotechnology for Biomedical Devices Chapter 13: Nanodevices in Nature

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Challa Kumar is currently the Group Leader of Nanofabrication at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), Baton Rouge, USA. His research interests are in developing novel synthetic methods for functional nanomaterials and innovative therapeutic, diagnostic and sensory tools based on nanotechnology. He has eight years of industrial R&D experience working for Imperial Chemical Industries and United Breweries prior to joining CAMD. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, an international peer reviewed journal published by American Scientific Publishers, and the series editor for the ten-volume book series Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences (NtLS) published by Wiley-VCH. He worked at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Munich, Germany, as a post doctoral fellow and at the Max Planck Institute for Carbon Research in Mulheim, Germany, as an invited scientist. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in synthetic organic chemistry from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashanti Nilayam, India.

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