Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences

This complete series of 10 volumes provides an excellent, in-depth overview of all nanoscale Technologies and fabrication methods in materials Engineering towards the life sciences. Each volume is dedicated to a specific topic that is covered in detail by experts from that particular field, reviewing existing technologies as well as current developments and the directions they are taking. The result is a cross-disciplinary, major reference work, bringing together the pertinent Knowledge that was hitherto widely spread among many different sources.

Challa Kumar is currently the Group Leader of Nanofabrication at the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), Baton Rouge, USA. His research interests are in developing novel synthetic methods for functional nanomaterials and innovative therapeutic, diagnostic and sensory tools based on nanotechnology. He has eight years of industrial R&D experience working for Imperial Chemical Industries and United Breweries prior to joining CAMD. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, an international peer reviewed journal published by American Scientific Publishers, and the series editor for the ten-volume book series Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences (NtLS) published by Wiley-VCH. He worked at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Munich, Germany, as a post doctoral fellow and at the Max Planck Institute for Carbon Research in Mulheim, Germany, as an invited scientist. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in synthetic organic chemistry from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashanti Nilayam, India.

14.7.2005 Vol. 1 Biofunctionalization of Nanomaterials Vol. 2 Biological and Pharmaceutical Nanomaterials Vol. 3 Nanoystem Characterization Tools in the Lifesciences Vol. 4 Nanodevices for the Lifesciences Vol. 5 Nanomaterials - Toxicity, Health and Environmental Issues Vol. 6 Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy Vol. 7 Nanomaterials for Biosensors Vol. 8 Tissue, Cell and Organ Engineering Vol. 9 Biomimetic Nanomaterials Vol. 10 Nanosystems in Nature