1st Edition

Bionanotechnology II Global Prospects

Edited By David E. Reisner Copyright 2011
584 Pages 167 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

584 Pages 167 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

584 Pages
by CRC Press

The impact and importance of nanotechnology continues to grow, and nanomedicine and biotechnology have become areas of increased development. Biomedical engineers who work with biological processes and structures must have a deeply rooted understanding of the role of bionanotechnology, a rapidly evolving sector of the nanotechnology field. Bionanotechnology II: Global Prospects , a follow-up to... Read more

SP1 Protein-Gold Nanoparticle Hybrids as Building Blocks for Nanofabrication of One-Dimensional Systems; I. Medalsy, O. Dgany, A. Heyman, O. Shoseyov, M. Sowwan, and D. Porath

Bionanotechnology Strategies for Cell Detection; N. Aghdami and S. Vaziri

Gold Nanoparticles in Biomedicine; D. Nemr and H. M. E. Azzazy

Theragnostic Nanoparticles with the Power to Diagnose, Treat, and Monitor Diseases; S. D. Caruthers, G. M. Lanza, and S. A. Wickline

Plasmonic Nanostructures in Biosensing, W. Zheng, H. C. Chiamori, L. Lin, and F. F. Chen

Emerging Microscale Technologies for Global Health: CD4+ Counts; S. Wang, F. Xu, A. Ip, H. O. Keles, and U. Demirci

Nanoviricides—A Novel Approach to Antiviral Therapeutics; R.W. Barton, J. G. Tatake, and A. R. Diwan

Antibody-Conjugated Nanoparticles of Biodegradable Polymers for Targeted Drug Delivery; B. Sun, H.Rachmawati, and S.-S. Feng

The Biosynthesis of Anisotropic Nanoparticles; M. Gericke

Nanotechnology in Biomaterials: Nanofibers in Tissue Engineering; D. Yucel, H. Kenar, A. Ndreu, T. Endoğan, N. Hasirci, and V. Hasirci

Nanotechnology in Biomaterials: Nanoparticulates as Drug Delivery Systems; B. Demirbag, S. Kardesler, A. Buyuksungur, A. Kucukturhan, G. Eke, N. Hasirci, and V. Hasirci

Microscale Technologies for Controlling the Cellular Microenvironment in Time and Space; H. Kaji, Y.-H. Jang, H. Bae, and A. Khademhosseini

Think Big, Then Shrink: Low-Cost, Ultra-Rapid Tunable Nanowrinkles from Shape Memory Polymers; A. Chen, H. Sharma, D. Nguyen, S. M. Mirzaei Zarandi, and M. Khine

Electric Fields for Vaccine Delivery: How In Vivo Electroporation Could Fulfill the Promise of DNA Vaccines; A. Y. Choo, A. S. Khan, N. Y. Sardesai, and J. J. Kim

Atomic Force Microscopy as a Nanotool to Investigate Malaria-Infected Erythrocytes; B. Russell, A. Li, and C. T. Lim

Neural Prosthesis Facilitated by Nanotechnology; W. Liu, Z. Yang, and L. Hoang

Production of Bare Multiple-Element Magnetic Nanoparticles and Their Use in Fast Detection and Removal of Pathogenic Bacteria from Water Resources; K. N. Elshuraydeh, H. I. Malkawi, and M. Hassuneh

Antimicrobial Nanomaterials in the Textile Industry; S. Phanichphant and S. Ounnunkad

Recent Advances in Water Desalination Driven by Biotechnology and Nanotechnology; S. Prakash, K. Bellman, and M. A. Shannon

Liposomal pH-Sensitive Nanomedicines in Preclinical Development; M. J. Morilla and E. L. Romero

Bio- and Nanotechnology Offer High Performance for Water Cleanup; J. R. Schorr, S. Sengupta, and R. Helferich

Nanoscience and Engineering for Robust Biosolar Cells; P. Somasundaran, M. Chin, U. T. Latosiewicz, H. L. Tuller, B. Barbiellini, and V. Renugopalakrishnan

Electrospinning in Drug Delivery; P. Supaphol, O. Suwantong, P. Sansanoh, and A. Neamnark

Noble Metal Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery; R. T. Tshikhudo and N. M. Sosibo

Photonic Structures in Nature; P. Vukusic and J. Noyes

Bionanotechnology Applications in Plants and Agriculture; S. R. Wilson and B. Flinn

Index

Biography

David E. Reisner is a well-known early pioneer and entrepreneur in the burgeoning field of nanotechnology. In 1996, he cofounded two nanotech companies in Connecticut: Inframat and U.S. Nanocorp. For nearly 15 years, he was CEO of both companies since founding. He was featured in Forbes in 2004 and was a Technology Pioneer at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. He has over 175 publications and is an inventor on 10 issued patents.