Descripción de la obra
Nanotechnology is the key technology of the 21st century. The possibility to exploit the structures and processes of biomolecules for novel functional materials, biosensors, bioelectronics and medical applications has created the rapidly growing field of nanobiotechnology.
Designed as a broad survey of the field, this book combines contributions from bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, molecular biology, materials science and bioanalytics to fathom the full scope of current and future developments.
It is divided into four main sections:
* Interphase Systems
* Protein-based Nanostructures
* DNA-based Nanostructures
* Nanoanalytics
Each chapter describes in detail currently available methods and contains numerous references to the primary literature, making this the perfect "field guide" for chemists, biologists and materials scientists who want to explore the fascinating world of nanobiotechnology. PART I: INTERPHASE SYSTEMS.
1. Biocompatible Inorganic Devices (T. Sawitowski).
2. Microfluidic Meets Nano: Lab-on-a-Chip Devices and their Potential for Nanobiotechnology (H. Bartos, et al.).
3. Microcontact Printing of Proteins (E. Delamarche).
4. Cell-Nanostructure Interactions (J. Spatz).
5. Defined Networks of Neuronal Cells in Vitro (A. Offenhäusser & A. Vogt).
PART II: PROTEIN-BASED NANOSTRUCTURES.
6. S-Layers (U. Sleytr, et al.).
7. Engineered Nanopores (H. Bayley, et al.).
8. Genetic Appoaches to Programmed Assembly (S. Brown).
9. Microbial Nanoparticle Production (M. Sastry, et al.).
10. Magnetosomes: Nanoscale Magnetic Iron Minerals in Bacteria (R. Frankel & D. Bazylinski).
11. Bacteriorhodopsin and its Potential in Technical Applications (N. Hampp & D. Oesterhelt).
12. Polymer Nanocontainers (A. Graff, et al.).
13. Biomolecular Motors Operting in Engineered Environments (S. Diez, et al.).
14. Nanoparticle Biomaterial Hybrid Systems for Bioelectyronic Devices and Circuitry (E. Katz & I. Willner).
PART III: DNA-BASED NANOSTRUCTURES.
15. DNA-Protein Nanostructures (C. Niemeyer).
16. DNA-templated Electronics (E. Braun & U. Sivan).
17. Biomimetic Fabrication of DNA-based Metallic Nanowires and Networks (M. Mertig & W. Pompe).
18. Mineralization in Nanostructured Biocompartments: Biomimetic Ferritins for High-Density Data Storage (E. Mayers & S. Mann).
19. DNA gold-Nanoparticle Conjugates (C. Thaxton & C. Mirkin).
20. DNA Nanostructures for Mechanics and Computing: Nonlinear Thinking with Life's Central Molecule (N. Seeman).
21. Nanoparticles as Non-Viral Transfection Agents (M. Kumar, et al.).
PART IV: NANOANALYTICS.
22. Luminescent Quantum Dot for Biological Labeling (X. Gao & S. Nie).
23. Nanoparticle Molecular Labels (J. Hainfeld, et al.).
24. Surface Biology: Analysis of Biomolecular Structure by Atomic Force Microscopy and Molecular Pulling (E. Oroudjev, et al.).
25. Force Spectroscopy (M. Seitz).
26. Biofunctionalized Nanoparticles for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering and Surface Plasmon Resonance (M. El-Kouedi & C. Keating).
27. Bioconjucated Silica Nanoparticles for Bioanalytical Applications (T. Drake, et al.).
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