Biosensors based on nanomaterials and nanodevices / edited, Jun Li, Nianqiang Wu. - xii, 489 pages : illustrations (some color) 27 cm. - Nanomaterials and their applications .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book is a useful source for readers for beginners to expert researchers to get a quick overview of exciting potentials and critical challenges of emerging biosensors based on nanomaterials and nanodevices for future health monitoring, disease diagnosis, and therapeutic treatments. The book highlights developments in biosensors based on nanomaterials and nanodevices in about 10 to 15 chapters on focused topics. It is intended to serve as a comprehensive source for researchers, graduate students, and industrial engineers in this area, with the emphasis on the unique signal transducing mechanisms and potential applications of nanoscale biosensors."--

9781466551510 (hardback)

2013027289


Biosensors--Materials.
Nanostructured materials.
MEDICAL / Biotechnology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Material Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Sensors.

R857.B54 / B5538 2014

610.28