Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine At the Building Block Level

Silva, MSc, PhD is the Jacobs Faculty Fellows Professor of Bioengineering and an Associate Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Diego. He also is co-director of the Retina Engineering Center in the Institute of Engineering in Medicine....

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Silva, Gabriel A. (Editor), Parpura, Vladimir (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
Series:Fundamental Biomedical Technologies
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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.