Research and Markets: Reference Guide to the Interdisciplinary Fields of Nanomaterials, Sensors and Biotechnology

"This book offers an excellent insight into the science and technology of nanostructured oxide gas sensors. Unique perspectives and new challenges of hybrid nanomaterials are also provided in the context of a variety of potential applications including biosensors and medicines. Scientists, engineers and students who are engaged in prospective chemical sensors could make the best use of this book as a thought-provoking reference."

Makoto Egashira Nagasaki University, Japan

"Applications of nanomaterials in chemical sensing and biotechnology is a vast and evolving area. This book presents a snapsot of the evolution by focusing on oxides and their applications to chemical sensing, biosensing and tissue engineering. It is written based on author's expertise and her own research in this area. It is a good reference for students and researchers entering this growing area that will surely produce many innovations and unravel new challenges."

Sheikh A Akbar The Ohio State University, USA

This textbook is intended to serve as a reference guide to the interdisciplinary fields of nanomaterials, sensors and biotechnology. It demonstrates functional applications of nanotechnology in diverse areas such as environmental sensing and space habitation, to medical diagnostics and tissue regeneration. With a focus on novel materials synthesis, such as using the nanomanufacturing technique of electrospinning to get the longest nanowires possible, a correlation is made of the effect of chemical, structural, and morphological features to achieve extreme materials functionality. This publication will serve as a manual to nanotechnology for both novices and experts alike, and from the materials scientist to the biophysicist and bioengineer and the medical scientist.

Readership: There is a wide market for such a type of publication. It may be used as a textbook material for a variety of undergraduate/graduate (cross-listed) courses, such as ceramics, chemical sensors, biosensors, fibre technology, nano- and biotechnology. It may be used as a reference manual at scientific research facilities, biotechnology firms, engineering colleges, nanomedicine institutes, etc.

Key Features:

• This book is innovative in that it provides specific examples on how to use nanomaterials to produce advanced functional devices
• Thoroughly addresses the issue of nanowire fabrication and use
• Uniquely addresses sensors and biotechnology, two key topics of nanotechnology
• Merges materials engineering with medicine and the environment

Author: Pelagia-Irene Gouma (State University of New York, USA)

Key Topics Covered:

• Introduction to Nanomaterials, Sensors, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology
• Nanostructured Materials for Resistive Sensors
• Metal Oxide based Chemosensors
• Hybrid Nanomaterials for Sensors
• Nanomedicine Applications of Nanomaterials
• Nanomedicine Applications of Sensors
• Overview and Future Trends

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