Main description:

Light has always played a significant role in the synthesis of materials and formation of small-scale solid structures. The invention of holographic and phase mask projection has enabled engineers to fabricate devices with characteristic features much smaller than the wavelength of the light used for processing. A further reduction of device dimensions has been achieved by implementing the processes that rely strongly on the non-linear effects of light-matter interaction. The intention of this book was to provide the Reader, primarily graduate students and young researchers in materials engineering, bio(chem)physics, medical physics and biophysics, with a set of articles reviewing state-of-the art research and recent advancements in the field of photon-matter interaction for micro/nanomaterials synthesis and manipulation of properties of biological and inorganic materials at the atomic level. Photon-based nanoscience and related technologies have created exciting opportunities for the fabrication and characterization of nano(bio)material devices and systems, and it is expected to significantly contribute to the development of Nanobiophotonics and Nanomedicine.

Feature:

An interdisciplinary cross-section of the photonics nano-world

A review of the rapidly growing field of nano-science and technology

Covers a broad variety of topics from nanomaterials to nanomedicine

An insight into the future of nanotechnology R&D

Nanobiophotonics in action

Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgements; J.J. Dubowski and S. Tanev.- Physical and Chemical Aspects of Laser-Materials Interactions; J.T. Dickinson.- Attosecond Control of Electrons — The Basis of Attosecond Science; A.D. Bandrauk et al.- Fundamentals of Nanobiophotonics; P.N. Prasad.- Nonlinear Optical Physics and Applications of the Plasmonic Response in Metal Nanoparticles; R.F. Haglund, Jr.- Finite-Difference Time-Domain Modeling of Light Scattering from Biological Cells Containing Gold Nanoparticles ; S. Tanev et al.- Photonic and Non-Photonic Based Nanoparticles in Cancer Imaging and Therapeutics; B.C. Wilson.- Quantum Dot Bio-Template for Rapid Detection of Pathogenic Substances; J.J.Dubowski.- Applications of Free-Electron Lasers in Biological Sciences, Medicine and Materials Science; R.F. Haglund, Jr.- Laser-Based Synthesis, Diagnostics, and Control of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Nanohoms for Composites and Biological Nanovectors; D.B. Geohegan et al.- Photophysical Processes that Activate Selective Changes in Photostructurable Glass Ceramic Material Properties; F.E. Livingston and H. Helvajian.- Molecular Design of Polymers for Laser Structuring and Thin Oxide Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition as Model System for Electrochemical Applications; T. Lippert.- Three Dimensional Micro and Nanochips Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser for Biomedical Applications; K. Sugioka et al.- Photo-Assisted Processes from Nano Size Colloid Sols; A. Peled and N. Mirchin.- Controlling the Surface Plasmon Resonances in Metal Nanoparticles by Laser Light; H. Ouacha and F. Träger.- A Summary of Canadian Nanomedicine Research Funding: Strengths and Needs; E. Marcotte and R. Quirion.- Author Index.