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Plenty of room for biology at the bottom : an introduction to bionanotechnology / Ehud Gazit.
LIBRA QP514.2 .G39 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gazit, Ehud.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biotechnology.
- Nanotechnology.
- Nanomedicine.
- Nanostructures.
- Biomolecules.
- Medical Subjects:
- Biotechnology.
- Nanotechnology.
- Nanomedicine.
- Nanostructures.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Imperial College Press ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., [2007]
- Summary:
- Written by a leading nanobiologist actively involved at the forefront of the field both as a researcher and an educator, this book takes the reader from the fundamentals of nanobiology to the most advanced applications. The book is written in such a way as to be accessible to biologists and chemists with no background in nanotechnology. It is reader-friendly and will appeal to a wide audience not only in academia but also in the industry and anyone interested in learning more about nanobiotechnology. The book includes a glossary and a selected list of companies actively involved in nanobiotechnology and will be an important reference for those interested in the application aspects of the field.
- Contents:
- Introduction : nanotechnology and bionanotechnology
- Brief introduction to nanotechnology
- Natural biological assembly at the nano-scale
- Nanomeric biological assemblies
- Molecular recognition and the formation of biological structures
- Self-assembly of biological and bio-inspired nano-materials
- Application of biological assemblies in nanotechnology
- Medical and other applications of bionanotechnology
- Future prospects for nanobiotechnology and bionanotechnology
- Concluding remarks
- Appendix A : There's plenty of room at the bottom: an invitation to enter a new field of physics / by Richard P. Feynman
- Appendix B : List of bionanotechnolgical and nanobiotechnological companies
- Appendix C : Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781860946776
- 1860946771
- OCLC:
- 123378530
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