Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology. Volume 2. Biological Nanoscience

Academic Press, 2011. — 359 p. — ISBN: 978-0-12-374396-1Five-Volume Set:
Volume 1. Nanomaterials
2. Biological Nanoscience
Volume 3. Nanostructured Surfaces
Volume 4. Nanofabrication and Devices
Volume 5. Self Assembly and NanochemistryNanotechnology and its underpinning sciences are progressing with unprecedented rapidity. With technical advances in a variety of nanoscale fabrication and manipulation technologies, the whole topical area is maturing into a vibrant field that is generating new scientific research and a burgeoning range of commercial applications, with an annual market already at the trillion dollar threshold. The means of fabricating and controlling matter on the nanoscale afford striking and unprecedented opportunities to exploit a variety of exotic phenomena such as quantum, nanophotonic and nanoelectromechanical effects. Moreover, researchers are elucidating new perspectives on the electronic and optical properties of matter because of the way that nanoscale materials bridge the disparate theories describing molecules and bulk matter. Surface phenomena also gain a greatly increased significance; even the well-known link between chemical reactivity and surface-to-volume ratio becomes a major determinant of physical properties, when it operates over nanoscale dimensions.
Against this background, this comprehensive work is designed to address the need for a dynamic, authoritative and readily accessible source of information, capturing the full breadth of the subject. Its six volumes, covering a broad spectrum of disciplines including material sciences, chemistry, physics and life sciences, have been written and edited by an outstanding team of international experts. Addressing an extensive, cross-disciplinary audience, each chapter aims to cover key developments in a scholarly, readable and critical style, providing an indispensible first point of entry to the literature for scientists and technologists from interdisciplinary fields. The work focuses on the major classes of nanomaterials in terms of their synthesis, structure and applications, reviewing nanomaterials and their respective technologies in well-structured and comprehensive articles with extensive cross-references.Nanoparticles for Photodynamic Therapy
Energy Transfer in Photosynthetic Light-Harvesting Complexes: From Spectroscopy to Quantitative Models
Photonic Nanoparticles for Cellular and Tissular Labeling
DNA-Conjugated Nanomaterials for Bioanalysis
Förster Resonance Energy Transfer
Chemistry and Materials Development of Protein-Based Nanoparticles
Tissue Engineering
Engineering Biomimetic Membranes with Hydrogels
Protein Nanomechanics
Biological Imaging Using Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
Single-Molecule and Nanoscale Approaches to Biological Signaling
Solar Energy Conversion – Natural to Artificial