Nanostructured Biomaterials

Nanostructured materials with designed biofunctions have brought about rapid and significant changes in materials science. "Nanostructured Biomaterials" provides up-to-date reviews of different methods for synthesizing new types of such materials and discusses their cutting-edge technological applications. The reviews mainly focus on potential applications of nanostructured materials in biology and the medical sciences. The book is of general interest to a broad audience of graduate students and researchers active in chemistry, materials science, engineering, biology, and physics.
Dr. Junbai Li is a professor at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology and the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.

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Junbai Li is a director of the Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) and head of the International Joint Lab at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Surfaces, Germany. He was born in 1964, and received his B.S and Ph.D. degrees from Jilin University. From 1994-96 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and then served as a group leader in the 'Molecular assembly of biomimetic systems' project. Thereafter, he worked as a full professor at the Institute of Photographic Chemistry, CAS. He moved to his current position in 1999. His research interests encompass supramolecular chemistry and surface science, including the boundary research areas of organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, and materials chemistry. His major interests include the molecular assembly of biomimetic systems, biointerfaces, and nanostructures.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Methods used in Nanostructured Biomaterials synthesis.- Nanotubular Biomaterials.- Polymer vesicles as Biomaterials.- Biomimetic Microcapsules.- Hybrid Nano-biomaterials.- Future Perspectives: Contributions to Nanotechnology and biotechnology.