Bionanotechnology
Concepts and Applications

Connecting theory with real-life applications, this essential textbook equips students with a comprehensive knowledge of the key concepts in bionanotechnology.

Ljiljana Fruk (Author), Antonina Kerbs (Author)

9781108452908, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 February 2021

452 pages
24.7 x 19 x 2 cm, 0.99 kg

'When any new discipline surfaces, a new textbook is sure to appear, and this work addresses just such a void … This work, which brings several disciplines together, has much to offer as a teaching tool, and the effort is to be applauded. Though far from recreational reading, the volume offers an overview of the present state and future directions in applied nanobiology that is sure to be useful in the curriculum. A secondary use is as a reference work, and this is indeed a good one … Highly recommended.' F. W. Yow, Choice Connect

Connecting theory with real-life applications, this is the first ever textbook to equip students with a comprehensive knowledge of all the key concepts in bionanotechnology. By bridging the interdisciplinary gap from which bionanotechnology emerged, it provides a systematic introduction to the subject, accessible to students from a wide variety of backgrounds. Topics range from nanomaterial preparation, properties and biofunctionalisation, and analytical methods used in bionanotechnology, to bioinspired and DNA nanotechnology, and applications in biosensing, medicine and tissue engineering. Throughout the book, features such as 'Back to basics' and 'Research report' boxes enable students to build a strong theoretical knowledge and to link this to practical applications and up-to-date research. With over 200 detailed, full-colour illustrations and more than 100 end-of-chapter problems, this is an essential guide to bionanotechnology for any student studying this exciting, fast-developing and interdisciplinary field.

Preface
1. Introduction to bionanotechnology
2. Nanomaterials: principles and properties
3. Nanomaterials: classes and preparation strategies
4. Biomolecules and scales of biological systems
5. (Bio)functionalisation of nanomaterials
6. Analytical methods in bionanotechnology
7. DNA nanotechnology
8. Bioinspired nanotechnology
9. Nanomedicine: biotechnology in medicine
Index.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Biotechnology [TCB], Nanotechnology [TBN], Biomedical engineering [MQW]