Bionanotechnology and Nanomedicine
1Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 3230, USA
2Department of Physics and Integrative NanoScience Institute, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 3230, USA
3Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742 , Republic of Korea
4School of Natural Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
Bionanotechnology and Nanomedicine
Description
Nanotechnology has great promise in biology and medicine. Nanotechnologies provide new insights into mechanisms of normal biological function and disease. Novel nanotechnology-based imaging methods reveal structural and functional information at progressively higher levels of resolution, and in living organisms. Molecular components of biological systems on their own are often viewed as nanoscale machines with functions that have been tuned through evolution. These biological nanomachines can be incorporated into micro- and nanofabricated devices, a merger that yields novel functionalities.
This special issue looks at the broadly interdisciplinary fields of bionanotechnology and nanomedicine. We seek contributions that describe novel insights into biology and medicine made possible by nanotechnology, new nanotechnology devices that have application to biology and/or medicine, and perspectives on the promise and challenges that lie ahead in these fields. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Interfacing hard and soft materials
- Nanoscale deposition and patterning of functional biomolecules
- Self- or directed-assembly
- Self-healing biomaterials
- Nanobiodevices for the research laboratory
- Clinical and laboratory devices
- Biomolecules as building blocks for nanoscale devices
- Nanoscale transport
- Biomolecular motors and their control
- Single molecule investigations in cells
- Artificial cytoskeleton
- The cytoskeleton as a nanomachine
- Long-term preservation of biological function in hybrid devices
- Delivery of therapeutics
- Immunogenicity
- Biomarker discovery and detection
- Nanoscale biosensors
- Specific diseases (e.g., cardiovascular, cancer)
- Synthetic cells
- Safety
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