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Main description:
This book reviews the latest advances in the development of silicon nano-biotechnology for biological and biomedical applications, which include biosensing, bioimaging, and cancer therapy. In this book, newly developed silicon nano-biotechnology and its biomedical applications are systematically introduced. For instance, fluorescent silicon nanoparticles, serving as novel high-performance biological nanoprobes, are superbly suited to real-time and long-term bioimaging. Silicon nanowire-based sensing platform is especially capable of sensitive, specific, and multiplexed detection of various biological species. Silicon-based nanocarriers with ultra-high drug-loading capacity are highly efficacious for in vitro and in vivo cancer therapies.
This book is intended for readers who are interested in the design of functional silicon nanostructures and their biological and biomedical applications. It uses silicon nanoparticles and silicon nanowires as models and discusses topics ranging from their synthesis to their biological applications, the goal being to highlight these exciting achievements as starting points in the field of silicon nano-biotechnology.
Yao He is a Professor at Institute of Functional Nano&Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, China.
Yuanyuan Su is an Associate Professor at Institute of Functional Nano&Soft Materials (FUNSOM), Soochow University, China.
Contents:
Introduction.- Silicon Nanostructures.- Silicon-Based Platform for Biosensing Applications.- Silicon-Based Nanoprobes for Bioimaging Applications.- Silicon-Based Nanoagents for Cancer Therapy.- Biosafety Assessment of Silicon Nanomaterials.- Outlook.
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Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Publication date: April, 2014
Pages: 125
Weight: 1942g
Availability: Available
Subcategories: Biomedical Engineering
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