1. Edition - January 2005
175.- Euro
2005. XXII, 420 Pages, Hardcover
161 Fig. (29 Colored Fig.), 19 Tab. 
- Practical Approach Book -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31115-7
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31115-6 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim






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Short description
With its focus on the materials, synthetic methods, tools and techniques being developed in the nanoregime towards the life sciences, this book provides readers from materials science, engineering, chemistry, biology and medicine with detailed accounts of the design and synthesis of nanomaterials and the tools and techniques involved in their production.

From the contents
I. Fabrication of Nanomaterials
Synthetic Approaches to Metallic Nanomaterials
Synthetic Approaches for Carbon Nanomaterials
Nanostructured Systems from Low-Dimensional Building Blocks
Nanostructured Collagen Mimics in Tissue Engineering
Molecular Biomimetics: Building Materials Nature's Way, One Molecule at a Time
II. Characterization Tools for Nanomaterials and Nanosystems
Electron Microscopy Techniques for Characterization of Nanomaterials
X-ray Methods for the Characterization of Nanomaterials
Single-molecule Detection and Manipulation in Nanotechnology and Biology
Nanotechnologies for Cellular and Molecular Imaging by MRI
III. Application of Nanotechnology in Biomedical Research
Nanotechnology in Non-Viral Gene Delivery
Nanoparticles for Cancer Drug Delivery
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Applications of Metal Nanoshells
Decorporation of Biohazards Utilizing Nanoscale Magnetic Carrier Systems
Nanotechnology in Biological Agent Decontamination
IV. Impact of Biomedical Nanotechnology on Education, Industry and Society
Too Small to See : Educating the Next Generation in Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Nanobiomedical Technology: Financial, Legal, Clinical, Political, Ethical and Societal Challenges to Implementation