Bio-inspired nanomaterials and nanotechnology / / Yong Zhou, editor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809029603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2010
• ISBN: 1-61761-455-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Collana: Nanotechnology science and technology series
• Altri autori (Persone): ZhouYong <1963->
• Disciplina: 620/.5
• Soggetti: Nanotechnology; Biotechnology; Nanostructured materials; Biomimetic materials
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""BIO-INSPIRED NANOMATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ""; ""BIO-INSPIRED NANOMATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE""; ""BIOMIMETIC MINERALIZATION ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1.1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1.2. BIOMINERALIZATION ""; ""1.3. BIOMIMETIC MINERALIZATION""; ""1.4. NON CLASSICAL CRYSTALLIZATION AND MESOCRYSTALS ""; ""1.5. BIO-INSPIRED FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS AND ASSEMBLY""; ""1.6. CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""ARTIFICIAL FOSSILIZATION PROCESS: ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""2.3. OTHER NANOTUBULAR METAL OXIDE MATERIALS DERIVED FROM CELLULOSIC SUBSTANCES """"2.5. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK ""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES""; ""NANO-FABRICATED STRUCTURES ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""3.1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""3.2. FABRICATION PROCESSES OF MICRO- AND NANOSTRUCTURES FOR BIOMOLECULE ANALYSIS ""; ""3.2.1. Silicon Fabrication ""; ""3.2.2. Quarts Fabrication ""; ""3.2.3. Plastics Fabrication""; ""3.2.4. Nanomaterials""; ""3.3. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF MICRO- AND NANOSTRUCTURES""; ""3.3.1. Micron-sized Pillars ""; ""3.3.2. Nano-sized Pillars ""; ""3.3.3. Periodical Nanoslits ""; ""3.3.4. Nanochannels""""3.3.5. Nanomaterials""; ""3.4. CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""BIONIC SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES ; ""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""4.1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""4.2. SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES OF PLASMA-ETCHED COLLOIDAL MONOLAYERS [7] ""; ""4.3. SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES FROM BINARY COLLOIDAL ASSEMBLY [8]""; ""4.4. ORDERED POROUS SEMICONDUCTOR ARRAY FILMS ""; ""4.4.1. Tunable Wettability Caused by the Precursor Concentration [9] ""; ""4.4.2. Controlled Superhydrophobicity Based on Structural Periodicities [10] ""; ""4.4.3. Reversible Wettability [9] ""; ""4.5. SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SILVER HIERARCHICAL RING-LIKE ARRAYS [11] """"4.6. WETTABILITY OF SILICA MICRO/ NANOSTRUCTURED ARRAYS""; ""4.7. HIERARCHICAL MICRO/NANO COMPOSITE ARRAYS ""; ""4.7.1. 0D Nanostructures on Microsized PS Spheres [17]""; ""4.7.2. 1D Nanostructures on Microsized PS Spheres [18] ""; ""4.8. SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES ON THE CURVED SUBSTRATES [17] ""; ""4.9. CONCLUSIONS AND REMARKS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ""; ""REFERENCES ""; ""BIOLOGICALLY TARGETED NANOPARTICLES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""5.1. INTRODUCTION ""; ""5.2. TARGETING LIGANDS""; ""Monoclonal Antibodies ""; ""Antibody Fragments """"Peptides ""; ""Aptamers ""; ""Small Molecules ""; ""5.3. NANOPARTICLE PLATFORMS""; ""Liposomes ""; ""Dendrimers""; ""Polymeric Nanoparticles""; ""5.4. CONJUGATION STRATEGIES ""; ""Maleimide-thiol Coupling Chemistry""; ""Succinimidyl Ester-amine Chemistry""; ""Avidin-biotin Chemistry""; ""5.5. PRECLINICAL RESULTS""; ""Increased Intratumoral Concentration""; ""Increased Intracellular Uptake""; ""Increased Efficacy""; ""5.6. CONCLUSION""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT""; ""DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST""; ""REFERENCES""; ""NANOMATERIALS: ""; ""ABSTRACT ""; ""6.1. INTRODUCTION ""