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Micro and Nano Manipulations for Biomedical Applications
Author(s): Tachung C. Yih (Editor), Ilie Talpasanu
- Publisher: Artech House
- Publication Date: 31 Dec. 2008
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 312 pages
- ISBN-10: 1596932546
- ISBN-13: 9781596932548
Book Description
This single authoritative volume takes bio-device research and development to the next level, covering the latest advances in biomedical micro-electro-mechanical systems (Mems) and nano-electro-mechanical systems (Nems). This applications-focused book covers everything from fundamental mechanics of microactuators, to the most recent breakthroughs in the bio-manipulation and actuation of cells and genes. This trail-blazing work brings you up to speed on the synthesis and use of metallic nanoparticles in bio-sensing and drug delivery applications, including quantum dots-semiconductors nanocrystals-with their unique electronic and optical properties. It then explores the latest advances in micro and nano manipulation techniques, including manipulators and endoscopes for microsurgery, nano-based optical in-vitro and in-vivo imaging diagnostics, targeted delivery and guided therapy, optical trapping of subcellular components, and optical nano-surgery of subcellular components. Coverage also includes dielectrophoretic methods for biomedical applications, as well as hardware, software, and control issues involved with micro and nano precision robotic systems for cell manipulations and injections. A final section explores state-of-the-art dynamic modeling and analysis for gene manipulations. Showcasing the work of leading international experts and exhaustively referenced, this comprehensive and far-reaching volume helps you achieve greater success in the manipulation, control, modeling, and simulation of bio-devices at the micro and nano scale.
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About the Author
Tachung C. Yih is a professor of engineering and vice provost for research at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. He is a member of the American Academy of Nanomedicine and co-Editor-in-Chief of its official journal publication “Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine.” Illie Talpasanu is an assistant professor at the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston. He earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, and Doctor Engineer in mechanics at the Polytechnic University Bucharest.
