Nanobiotechnology II : more concepts and applications

Contents: Self-assembled artificial transmembrane ion channels / Mary S. Gin, Emily G. Schmidt and Pinaki Talukdar -- Self-assembling nanostructures from coiled-coil peptides / Maxim G. Ryadnov and Derek N. Woolfson -- Synthesis and assembly of nanoparticles and nanostructures using bio-derived templates / Erik Dujardin and Stephen Mann -- Proteins and nanoparticles: covalent and noncovalent conjugates / Rochelle R. Arvizo, Mrinmoy De, and Vincent M. Rotello -- Self-assembling DNA nanostructures for patterned molecular assembly / Thomas H. LaBean, Kurt V. Gothelf, and John H. Reif -- Biocatalytic growth of nanoparticles for sensors and circuitry / Ronan Baron, Bilha Willner, and Itamar Willner -- Nanoparticles for electrochemical bioassays / Joseph Wang -- Luminescent semiconductor quantum dots in biology / Thomas Pons ... [et al.] -- Nanoscale localized surface plasmon resonance biosensors / Katherine A. Willets ... [et al.] -- Cantilever array sensors for bioanalysis and diagnostics / Hans Peter Lang, Martin Hegner, and Christoph Gerber -- Shear-force-controlled scanning ion conductance microscopy / Tilman E. Schäffer ... [et al.] -- Label-free nanowire and nanotube biomolecular sensors for in-vitro diagnosis of cancer and other diseases / James R. Heath -- Bioanoarrays / Rafael A. Vega ... [et al.] -- Biological barriers to nanocarrier-mediated delivery of therapeutic and imaging agents / Rudy Juliano -- Organic nanoparticles: adapting emerging techniques from the electronics industry for the generation of shape-specific, functionalized carriers for applications in nanomedicine / Larken E. Euliss, Julie A. DuPont, and Joseph M. DeSimone -- Poly(amidoamine) dendrimer-based multifunctional nanoparticles / Thommey P. Thomas ... [et al.] -- Nanoparticle contrast agents for molecular magnetic resonance imaging / Young-wook Jun, Jae-Hyun Lee, and Jinwoo Cheon -- Micro- and nanoscale control of cellular environment for tissue engineering / Ali Khademhosseini ... [et al.] -- Diagnostic and therapeutic targeted perfluorocarbon nanoparticles / Patrick M. Winter ... [et al.] -- Biological nanomotors / Manfred Schliwa -- Biologically inspired hybrid nanodevices / David Wendell ... [et al.].