Bionanoreactor Technologies for Life Sciences and Medicine

by Agnes Ostafin

Overview

This first-of-its-kind book presents the latest advances in nanoreactor design and refinement, focusing on the potentially huge applications in cell biology, tissue engineering, and medical diagnostics and therapies. Readers find full details on the research, practice, synthesis, and characterization of nanoreactors, including several actual systems with biomedical relevance explained in full by the pioneers who are developing them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596931589
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/30/2008
Series:	Engineering in Medicine & Biology
Pages:	283
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Agnes Ostafin is head of the Ostafin Nanobiotechnology Group at the University of Utah and an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. She has published over 30 papers and book chapters on topics in bioengineering and nanotechnology. Dr. Ostafin earned her Ph.D. in chemical physics at the University of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Nanoreactor Technology —The Nanoreactor Concept, and Why it is Unique Compared to Conventional Chemical Reactor Systems. Potential of Nanoreactors for the Life Sciences & Medicine. Materials and Synthesis Strategies Used in Nanoreactor Development. Theory, Principles, and Design of Nanoreactors — Distinction Between Macroscale and Nanoscale Chemical Reactors. Nanoreactor Engineering. Integrated Systems of Nanoreactors. Examples of Systems — Organic Polymers. Miniemulsions. Nanoemulsions. Vesicles. Polymer-Stabilized Liposomes. Core-shell Nanoreactors. Mesoporous Materials. Nanotubes. Nanotube-Vesicle Networks. Artificial Protein Cages. DNA Architectures. Viral Capsids. Bacterial Cells. Stem Cells.