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Gazit, Ehud

an introduction to bionanotechnology

Ehud Gazit

Imperial College Press ;Distributed by World Scientific Pub. in the USA

c2007

xiii, 183 p. ill. 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-179) and index. , Introduction : nanotechnology and bionanotechnology -- Brief introduction to nanotechnology -- Natural biological assembly at the nano-scale -- Nanomeric biological assemblies -- Molecular recognition and the formation of biological structures -- Self-assembly of biological and bio-inspired nano-materials -- Application of biological assemblies in nanotechnology -- Medical and other applications of bionanotechnology -- Future prospects for nanobiotechnology and bionanotechnology -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix A : Thereʹs plenty of room at the bottom: an invitation to enter a new field of physics / by Richard P. Feynman -- Appendix B : List of bionanotechnolgical and nanobiotechnological companies -- Appendix C : Glossary.

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