Intelligent Surfaces in Biotechnology: Scientific and Engineering Concepts, Enabling Technologies, and...

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H. Michelle Grandin Marcus Textor

Intelligent Surfaces in Biotechnology

Scientific and Engineering Concepts, Enabling Technologies, and Translation to Bio-Oriented...

H. Michelle Grandin, Marcus Textor, George M. Whitesides

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John Wiley & Sons Inc
09 February 2012

Biotechnology

A comprehensive overview of smart and responsive surfaces in biotechnology and their applications

A wave of recent advances in cell biology, biophysics, chemistry, and materials science has enabled the development of a new generation of smart biomaterials. Intelligent Surfaces in Biotechnology: Scientific and Engineering Concepts, Enabling Technologies, and Translation to Bio-Oriented Applications provides readers with a comprehensive overview of surface modifications and their applications, including coverage of the physico-chemical properties, characterization methods, smart coating technologies, and demonstration of performance in vitro and in vivo.

The first part of the book covers applications in the fields of biosensing and biodiagnostics, while the second part focuses more on coatings for medical devices, drug delivery, and tailored cell-surface interactions. The book explores intelligent surface applications such as tissue engineering, drug targeting and delivery, wound healing and anti-infection strategies, biosensors, nanopatterning, and bioinspired design of novel responsive materials and multifunctional surfaces.

Designed to aid scientists and engineers in understanding the rapidly developing field of biofunctional surfaces, Intelligent Surfaces in Biotechnology is an edited volume with each chapter written by a respected expert and featuring examples taken from the most state-of-the-art developments in the discipline.

Cover Image: Design concept for a diagnostic microfluidic system based on responsive polymer- and antibody-conjugated nanobeads (see Chapter 2 of this book, Figure 2.5; reproduced by permission from the Royal Society of Chemistry).

Foreword by: George M. Whitesides
Edited by: H. Michelle Grandin, Marcus Textor
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 703g
ISBN: 9780470536506
ISBN 10: 0470536500
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 09 February 2012
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

H. Michelle Grandin currently works as a scientific writer and consultant in the field of tissue regeneration and implant surfaces for dental applications. Previously, she worked as a senior research scientist in the biointerface group of Marcus Textor at ETH Zurich. There, she developed a waveguide fluorescence microscope for the study of bio-interactions in the near-field as well as leading a group in the development of 3D single cellular microwell arrays for application in stem cell and cancer research. Marcus Textor is a Professor Emeritus at ETH Zurich, Department of Materials. He was head of a research group dedicated to surfaces and interfaces in bio-related fields of material science. His research interests cover both fundamental aspects of the behavior of materials in contact with biological milieus and the design and development of surfaces that elicit biospecific responses.

Reviews for Intelligent Surfaces in Biotechnology: Scientific and Engineering Concepts, Enabling Technologies, and Translation to Bio-Oriented Applications

<p> The present book with its 350 pages is not a textbook butreading for experts and inspires scientists and engineers tofurther investigations to tackle the transition from synthetic toliving materials, as it is meant by the term intelligentinterfaces . The presented smart biosensors and medicaldevices demonstrate nicely, how we can learn from nature and makeprofit of its impressive inventions in our modernlife. (Tenside Surfactants Detergents, 1 May2012) <p>