The new book series "Nanomaterials for the Life Sciences," successor to the highly acclaimed series "Nanotechnology for the Life Sciences," provides an in-depth overview of all nanomaterial types and their uses in the life sciences. Each volume is dedicated to a specific material class and covers fundamentals, synthesis and characterization strategies, structure-property relationships and biomedical applications. The new series brings nanomaterials to the life scientists and life science to the materials scientists so that synergies are seen and developed to the fullest.

Written by international experts of the various facets of this exciting field of research, the ten volumes of this single source of information comprehensively cover the complete range of nanomaterials for medical, biological and cybernetic applications. The series is aimed at scientists of the following disciplines: biology, chemistry, materials science, physics, bioengineering, and medicine, together with cell biology, biomedical engineering, pharmaceutical chemistry, and toxicology, both in academia and fundamental research as well as in pharmaceutical companies.

Volume 3: Mixed Metal nanomaterials
Volume 3 covers the aspects of synthesis, characterization and application of bimetallic and multielemental spherical and anisotropic nanomaterials in the life sciences.

These ten volumes provide an excellent, in-depth overview of all nanomaterial types and their uses in the life sciences. Each volume is dedicated to a specific material class and covers fundamentals, synthesis strategies, structure-property relationships, material behaviour finetuning, biological effects and applications in the life sciences. All important material classes are covered: metallic, metal oxide, magnetic, carbon, polymeric, composite and semiconducting nanomaterials as well as nanostructured surfaces and films. It serves as a major reference work in the field that brings together pertinent knowledge formerly widely spread out over many different sources.

These ten volumes provide an excellent, in-depth overview of all nanomaterial types and their uses in the life sciences. Each volume is dedicated to a specific material class and covers fundamentals, synthesis strategies, structure-property relationships, material behaviour finetuning, biological effects and applications in the life sciences. All important material classes are covered: metallic, metal oxide, magnetic, carbon, polymeric, composite and semiconducting nanomaterials as well as nanostructured surfaces and films.

The must-have ten-volume successor to the critically acclaimed Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences series, "Nanomaterials for the Life Sciences, 10 Volume Set" provides an excellent, in-depth overview of all nanomaterial types and their uses in the life sciences. Each volume is dedicated to a specific material class and covers fundamentals, synthesis strategies, structure-property relationships, material behavior fine-tuning, biological effects, and applications in the life sciences. This landmark set provides materials scientists, chemists, biologists, molecular biologists, clinical physicists, physiological chemists, medicinal chemists, and toxicologists with essential awareness of life science applications.

Explores the latest applications arising from the intersection of nanotechnology and microfluidics

In the past two decades, microfluidics research has seen phenomenal growth, with many new and emerging applications in fields ranging from chemistry, physics, and biology to engineering. With the emergence of nanotechnology, microfluidics is currently undergoing dramatic changes, embracing the rising field of nanofluidics.

This volume reviews the latest devices and applications stemming from the merging of nanotechnology with microfludics in such areas as drug discovery, bio-sensing, catalysis, electrophoresis, enzymatic reactions, and nanomaterial synthesis. Each of the ten chapters is written by a leading pioneer at the intersection of nanotechnology and microfluidics. Readers not only learn about new applications, but also discover which futuristic devices and applications are likely to be developed. Topics explored in this volume include:

New lab-on-a-chip systems for drug delivery

Integration of microfluidics with nanoneuroscience to study the nervous system at the single-cell level

Recent applications of nanoparticles within microfluidic channels for electrochemical and optical affinity biosensing

Novel microfluidic approaches for the synthesis of nanomaterials

Next-generation alternative energy portable power devices

References in each chapter guide readers to the primary literature for further investigation of individual topics. Overall, scientists, researchers, engineers, and students will not only gain a new perspective on what has been done, but also the nanotechnology tools they need to develop the next generation of microfluidic devices and applications.

Microfluidic Devices for Nanotechnology is a two-volume publication, the first ever to explore the synergies between microfluidics and nanotechnology. The first volume covers fundamental concepts; this second volume examines applications.

Nanotechnology, especially microfabrication, has been affecting every facet of traditional scientific disciplines. The first book on the application of microfluidic reactors in nanotechnology, "Microfluidic Devices in Nanotechnology" provides the fundamental aspects and potential applications of microfluidic devices, the physics of microfluids, specific methods of chemical synthesis of nanomaterials, and more. As the first book to discuss the unique properties and capabilities of these nanomaterials in the miniaturization of devices, this text serves as a one-stop resource for nanoscientists interested in microdevices.

The Series
Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences (NtLS) is the first comprehensive source Covering the Convergence of materials and life sciences on the nanoscale, a wide field of research which brings together the main technology drive of the 21st century and existing, multibillion dollar markets.

Written by international experts describing the various facets of nanofabrication, the ten volumes of NTLS provide the underlying nanotechnologies for the design, creation and characterization of medical, biological and cybernetic applications. Each volume addresses in detail one particular facet of the field.

Tailor-made nanomaterials find widespread new opportunities in diagnostic and monitoring microdevices, microsurgery tools and instruments, tissue engineering, drug delivery artificial organs and any more. Making information available from all kinds of specialized sources through the disciplines involved, NtLS is essential reading for all scientists working in this field from medicine and biology through chemistry, materials science and physics to engineering.

This Volume
Volume 1 brings together the synthetic methods and materials aspects of instilling biocompatibility and desirable properties into nanomaterials, covering numerous types and methods.

From the Contents Biofunctionalization of Fluorescent, magnetic, phospholipid polymeric, metallic, and gelatin nanoparticles as well as of carbon nanotubes Nanomaterial-protein conjugation Folate-linked lipid-based nanoparticles in tumor-targeted gene therapy DNA attachment and hybridization on core-shell nanocomposites

Forthcoming Volumes
Biological and Pharmaceutical Nanomaterials

NanosystemCharacterization Tools in the Life Sciences

Nanodevices for the Life Sciences

Nanomaterials - Toxicity, health and Environmental Issues

The two volumes entitled, Micro fluidic Devices for Nanotechnology, covering fundamental concepts in the first volume and applications in the second volume are the first ever to be published that bring out synergy between microfludics and nanotechnology.

This volume provides readers up-to-date knowledge about fluid and particle kinetics, spatiotemporal control, fluid dynamics, residence time distribution and nanoparticle focusing within micro fluidics. The fundamental concepts discussed here are invaluable for both nanotechnology and micro fluidic practitioners. The book has a total of nine chapters beginning with a comprehensive discussion on physics, modeling, technological components, and fabrication of micro fluidics along with information on future directions and probable techniques and applications that will drive the cutting edge research in micro fluidics such as reconfigurable micro fluidics with spatial and temporal control. Rest of the book stimulates conversations on micro fluidic devices as enabling technologies for kinetic studies, micro and nano fluid dynamics, electro kinetic effects, and magnetic control of particle transport. Highlighting the importance of a pre concentration strategy, the book also covers various methods for particle manipulation such as electrofluidic, and DC and AC electrokinetic methods. Finally, as residence time distribution (RTD) is one of the most relevant when nanomaterials are synthesized within microfludics, the book also provides the residence time distribution (RTD) for the formation of different types of nanoparticles.

The second volume is a source of information that judiciously combines elements of micro fluidics and nanotechnology and shows a way forward for exciting applications in fields ranging from chemistry, biology, molecular & cell biology, neuroscience, catalysis and nanomaterials synthesis. The book fills in a long term gap that existed for real time measurement of bimolecular binding in biosensors and justification for incorporating nanoporous membranes into "lab-on-a-chip" biosensing devices. Focusing on lab‐on‐a chip systems for drug delivery (also called bio‐MEMS), separating bioanalytes using electrophoresis, genomic, proteomics and cellomics, the book is a must for biologists and biochemists. Highlighting the importance of nanoneuroscience, the book educates the reader on the discipline of micro fluidics to study the nervous system at the single-cell level, and decipher physiological processes and responses of cells of neural origin. For a nanomaterials chemist interested in novel approaches for synthesis of nanomaterials, the book provides an excellent source of information covering a wide variety of micro fluidic -based approaches for synthesis of metallic as well as non metallic nanomaterials. Finally, opening a window for next generation alternative energy portable power devices, nanocatalyst development for industrially useful reactions in silicon-based micro reactors is discussed especially in the context of syngas conversion to higher alkanes; which could solve current difficulties of storage and transportation by converting natural gas into liquid fuels.

This book focuses on the materials, synthetic methods, tools and techniques being developed in the nanoregime towards the life sciences -- in particular biology, biotechnology and medicine.
Readers from materials science, engineering, chemistry, biology and medical backgrounds will find detailed accounts of the design and synthesis of nanomaterials and the tools and techniques involved in their production for applications in biology, biotechnology and medicine.