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.
Author(s): Challa S. S. R. Kumar
Edition: 1
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 482
Tags: Специальные дисциплины;Наноматериалы и нанотехнологии;Нанобиотехнология;
Cover: Nanodevices for the Life Sciences......Page 1
Contents......Page 2
Preface......Page 10
1. The Physics and Modeling of Biofunctionalized Nanoelectromechanical Systems......Page 14
2. Mathematical and Computational Modeling: Towards the Development and Application of Nanodevices for Drug Delivery......Page 42
3. Nanolithography: Towards Fabrication of Nanodevices for Life Sciences......Page 80
4. Microcantilever-based Nanodevices in the Life Sciences......Page 122
5. Nanobioelectronics......Page 163
6. DNA Nanodevices: Prototypes and Applications......Page 202
7. Towards the Realization of Nanobiosensors Based on G-protein-coupled Receptors......Page 230
8. Protein-based Nanotechnology: Kinesin–Microtubule-driven Systems for Bioanalytical Applications......Page 254
9. Self-assembly and Bio-directed Approaches for Carbon Nanotubes: Towards Device Fabrication......Page 285
10. Nanodevices for Biosensing: Design, Fabrication and Applications......Page 330
11. Fullerene-based Devices for Biological Applications......Page 361
12. Nanotechnology for Biomedical Devices......Page 399
13. Nanodevices in Nature......Page 449
Index......Page 473
