Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences

10 Volume Set

Kumar, Challa S. S. R. (Editor)

Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences (Series Nr. 1-10)

1. Edition April 2011
4680 Pages, Softcover
1950 Pictures (200 Colored Figures)
300 tables
Handbook/Reference Book

ISBN: 978-3-527-33114-7

Wiley-VCH, Weinheim

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These 10 volumes provide an excellent, in-depth overview of all nanoscale technologies and fabrication methods in materials engineering towards the life sciences. Each volume covers a specific topic, reviewing existing technologies as well as current developments.

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This complete series of 10 volumes provides an excellent, in-depth overview of all nanoscale technologies and fabrication methods in materials engineering towards the life sciences. Each volume is dedicated to a specific topic that is covered in detail by experts from that particular field, reviewing existing technologies as well as current developments and the directions they are taking. The result is a cross-disciplinary, major reference work, bringing together the pertinent knowledge that was hitherto widely spread among many different sources.

Volume 1: Biofunctionalization of Nanomaterials
Volume 2: Biological and Pharmaceutical Nanomaterials
Volume 3: Nanosystem Characterization Tools in the Life Sciences
Volume 4: Nanodevices for the Life Sciences
Volume 5: Nanomaterials - Toxicity, Health and Environmental Issues
Volume 6: Nanomaterials for Cancer Therapy
Volume 7: Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnosis
Volume 8: Nanomaterials for Biosensors
Volume 9: Tissue, Cell and Organ Engineering
Volume 10: Nanomaterials for Medical Diagnosis and Therapy

Challa Kumar is currently the Group Leader of Nanofabrication at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), Baton Rouge, USA. His research interests are in developing novel synthetic methods for functional nanomaterials and innovative therapeutic, diagnostic and sensory tools based on nanotechnology. He has eight years of industrial R&D experience working for Imperial Chemical Industries and United Breweries prior to joining CAMD. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, an international peer reviewed journal published by American Scientific Publishers, and the series editor for the ten-volume book series Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences (NtLS) published by Wiley-VCH. He worked at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Munich, Germany, as a post doctoral fellow and at the Max Planck Institute for Carbon Research in Mülheim, Germany, as an invited scientist. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in synthetic organic chemistry from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashanti Nilayam, India.

C. S. S. R. Kumar, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA