Bionanoreactor Technologies for Life Sciences and Medicine

This first-of-its-kind book presents latest advances in bionanoreactor design and refinement, focusing on the potentially huge applications in cell biology, tissue engineering, and medical diagnostics and therapies. You get full details on the research, practice, synthesis, and characterization of nanoreactors, including 14 actual systems with biomedical relevance explained in full by the pioneers who are developing them.

This trail-blazing volume covers nanoreactor essentials, including a review of synthetic procedures and materials used to develop various nanoreactor configurations. It explores nanoreactor theory and design, highlighting the fundamental differences between molecular events in macroscale and nanoscale reactors. The book offers a clear look at the dominating role of interfaces and how they affect nanoreactor properties and processes. Moreover, it shows how chemical reaction engineering can be applied in analyzing thermodynamics of self-assembly, colloidal stability, reaction kinetics and stochastic effects, and nanoreactor optimization. The book explores integrated nanoreactor systems, covering a theoretical treatment of how nanoreactors can be mobilized inside cells and tissues or as nanostructured films or coatings. Supported by over 100 diagrams and 250 equations, this definitive resource spotlights 14 bionanoreactor systems in development, including organic polymers, vesicles, polymer-stabilized liposomes, artificial protein cages, stem cells, DNA architectures, and others.

Nanoreactors are nanoscale vehicles for enzymes and sensors that are used to create physical and chemical reactions. Nanoreactor developers are on the cusp of extraordinary advances in medical diagnostics and therapies, tissue engineering, and cell biology, and this authoritative resource puts bioengineers right at the cutting edge. This unique book offers first-of-its-kind coverage of nanoreactor design, providing full details on the research, practice, synthesis, and characterization of nanoreactors. It includes 14 actual systems explained by the pioneers who are developing them. This groundbreaking volume reviews the fundamentals of various nanoreactor configurations and addresses core design issues and challenges.

Market

Bioengineers, biochemical engineers, molecular engineering researchers and professionals; as well as post-doctoral students interested in this area.
Content Highlights

Introduction to Nanoreactor Technology?? Potential of Nanoreactors for the Life Sciences & Medicine. Theory, Principles, and Design of Nanoreactors??Distinction Between Macroscale and Nanoscale Chemical Reactors. Nanoreactor Engineering. Integrated Systems of Nanoreactors. Examples of Systems??Organic Polymers. Miniemulsions. Nanoemulsions. Nanotubes. DNA Architectures. Bacterial Cells. Stem Cells.

Agnes Ostafin is head of the Ostafin Nanobiotechnology Group at the University of Utah and an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.

Katharina Landfester is a professor at the University of Ulm, Germany, and head of the Institute of Organic Chemistry III-Macromolecular Chemistry and Organic Materials.

Lakshmi Sridar is a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Puerto Rico.

Alexander Moukasian is research professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.