Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine At the Building Block Level [Hardcover]

This text book will bring together a mix of both internationally known and established senior scientists along side up and coming (but already accomplished) junior scientists that have varying expertise in fundamental and applied nanotechnology to biology and medicine.

1. Structure and biology of the cellular environment: The extracellular matrix.-? 2. Synthesis and patterning methods for nanostructures useful for biological applications.- 3. Characterization of nanoscale biological systems: Multimodal Atomic Force microscopy for Nanoimaging, nanomechanics and biomolecular interactions .- 4. Molecular motors and machines.- 5. Micro and Nano Engineered Extracellular Matrices.- 6. Designer self-assembling peptide nanofiber scaffold.- 7. Quantum Dot Imaging of Neural Cells and Tissue.- 8. Quantum Dot Nanotechnologies for Neuroimaging .- 9.? Carbon nanotubes as electrical interfaces to neurons.- 10. Carbon nanotubes as modulators of neuronal growth

Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine: At the Building Block Level?introduces the reader to current cutting-edge approaches being pursued for the design and development of nanotechnology applications to different areas of biology and medicine. It discusses the key biological challenges at the molecular and cellular levels being faced by this new field, and some of the strategies being developed to address them. The specific topics covered include the extracellular environment and design of engineered matrices, synthetic patterning methods for biological applications, molecular motors and machines, atomic force microscopy methods for measuring nanoscale features, and the use of quantum dot and carbon nanotube nanotechnologies for imaging and interfacing with neural cells. It is intended to serve as an introduction to the field, while providing in-depth coverage for the more advanced reader.

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