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Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine: At the Building Block Level

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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.

Author(s): Igor Titushkin, Shan Sun, Michael Cho (auth.), Gabriel A. Silva, Vladimir Parpura (eds.)
Series: Fundamental Biomedical Technologies
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
Year: 2012

Language: English
Pages: 236
Tags: Biomedicine general;Nanotechnology;Biotechnology;Biophysics and Biological Physics

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Structure and Biology of the Cellular Environment: The Extracellular Matrix....Pages 3-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Synthesis and Patterning Methods for Nanostructures Useful for Biological Applications....Pages 27-44
Characterization of Nanoscale Biological Systems: Multimodal Atomic Force Microscopy for Nanoimaging, Nanomechanics, and Biomolecular Interactions....Pages 45-68
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Molecular Motors and Machines....Pages 71-100
Micro and Nano Engineered Extracellular Matrices....Pages 101-121
Designer Self-Assembling Peptide Nanofiber Scaffolds....Pages 123-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Quantum Dot Imaging of Neural Cells and Tissue....Pages 151-168
Quantum Dot Methods for Cellular Neuroimaging....Pages 169-186
Carbon Nanotubes as Electrical Interfaces to Neurons....Pages 187-207
Carbon Nanotubes as Modulators of Neuronal Growth....Pages 209-223
Back Matter....Pages 225-234