Biomedical microsystems / / by Ellis Meng

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463799603321
• Autore: Meng Ellis
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2010]; ©2011
• ISBN: 0-429-10894-X; 1-4398-9452-3; 1-62870-625-2
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.28
• Soggetti: Biomedical engineering; Nanomedicine; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. BioMEMS Materials; Chapter 3. Microfabrication Methods and Processes for BioMEMS; Chapter 4. Microfluidics; Chapter 5. Lab-on-a-Chip and Micro Total Analysis Systems; Chapter 6. Sensing and Detection Methods; Chapter 7. Applications to Cells, Nucleic Acids, and Proteins; Chapter 8. Clinical Monitoring; Chapter 9. MEMS Implants and Bioelectric Interfaces; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Poised to dramatically impact human health, biomedical microsystems (bioMEMS) technologies incorporate various aspects from materials science, biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, and engineering. Reflecting the highly interdisciplinary nature of this area, Biomedical Microsystems covers the fundamentals of miniaturization, biomaterials, microfabrication, and nanotechnology, along with relevant applications.