Nanotechnology for Biology and Medicine

1. Structure and Biology of the Cellular Environment: The Extracellular Matrix
Igor Titushkin, Shan Sun, Michael Cho

2. Synthesis and Patterning Methods for Nanostructures Useful for Biological Applications
Chiara Daraio, Sungho Jin

3. Characterization of Nanoscale Biological Systems: Multimodal Atomic Force Microscopy for Nanoimaging, Nanomechanics, and Biomolecular Interactions
Arjan P. Quist, Ratnesh Lal

4. Molecular Motors and Machines
Serena Silvi, Alberto Credi

5. Micro and Nano Engineered Extracellular Matrices
James J. Norman, Tejal A. Desai

6. Designer Self-Assembling Peptide Nanofiber Scaffolds
Shuguang Zhang, Hidenori Yokoi, Fabrizio Gelain, Akihiro Horii

7. Quantum Dot Imaging of Neural Cells and Tissue
Tania Q. Vu, Sujata Sundara Rajan

8. Quantum Dot Methods for Cellular Neuroimaging
Gabriel A. Silva

9. Carbon Nanotubes as Electrical Interfaces to Neurons
Michele Giugliano, Luca Gambazzi, Laura Ballerini, Maurizio Prato, Stephane Campidelli

10. Carbon Nanotubes as Modulators of Neuronal Growth
Reno C. Reyes, Vladimir Parpura

Keywords: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Biophysics and Biological Physics