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Focuses on Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Power, its scientific, technological, industrial, political, environmental and social implications. This book provides a historical summary of the field and gives a comprehensive overview of the situation worldwide and future strategies for development and implementation.

Intends to discuss electrons and photons in and through nanostructures by the first-principles quantum mechanical theories and fundamental concepts behind nano-electronics and optoelectronics, the material basis, physical phenomena, device physics, as well as designs and applications.

DRAM together with NAND Flash is driving semiconductor technologies with wide spectrum of usage ranging from PC, mobile phone and digital home appliances to solid-state disk (SSD). This book describes FBC (floating body cell), that is, a single transistor DRAM cell without capacitor which stores data in a floating body of a MOS transistor.

Covers the basic principles and main applications of Nanobiotechnology as an emerging field at the frontiers of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology. This volume introduces the Stanford Series on Nanobiobiotechnology by defining and reviewing the major sectors of Nanobiotechnology and Nanobiosciences with respect to various developments.

Describes the discoveries that have led to therapy with cultured cells, from their initial use in the treatment of burns, to subsequent developments that led to their use in the treatment of diseases of the eye, of the joints and other diseases.

Progress in nanotechnology has resulted in the design and synthesis of many new types of nanoparticles. This book describes reviews on the application of these nanoparticles for in vivo medical imaging and drug delivery. It covers the research on the use of nanoparticles for in vivo diagnostic medical imaging and therapy.

Explores the enormous diversity of social perspectives in the emergence of nanotechnologies. It has been designed for use in interdisciplinary teaching and discussions about nanoethics with natural science students, but will also be of interest to researc

The discovery of microRNAs - a new class of non-coding RNAs - has revolutionized modern biomedical sciences. This book presents advances in the interdisciplinary field of microRNA research of human cancers from a perspective of quantitative sciences: bioinformatics, computational and systems biology and mathematical modeling.

This book focuses on the basic electrochemical applications of DNA in various areas, from basic principles to the most recent discoveries. The book comprises theoretical and experimental analysis of various properties of nucleic acids, research methods, and some promising applications. The topics discussed in the book include electrochemical detection of DNA hybridization based on latex/gold nanoparticle and nanotubes; nanomaterial-based electrochemical DNA detection; electrochemical detection of microorganism-based DNA biosensors; gold nanoparticle-based electrochemical DNA biosensors; electrochemical detection of the aptamer-target interaction; nanoparticle-induced catalysis for DNA biosensing; basic terms regarding electrochemical DNA (nucleic acids) biosensors; screen-printed electrodes for electrochemical DNA detection; application of field-effect transistors to label free electrical DNA biosensor arrays; and electrochemical detection of nucleic acids using branched DNA amplifiers.

Focuses on presenting the possible applications of nano-sized materials in different environmental processes, providing the most reliable guideline for selection of nano-materials to improve efficiency of environmental process, and designing specific nanomaterials for given environmental process and pollutants.

A guide for practicing engineers, researchers and students interested in MEMS devices using biomaterials and biomedical applications that use these devices. It highlights various features and issues of biomaterials that have been used in the MEMS and biomedical areas.

Written by some of the world's leaders in the field, this book combines experimental, theoretical and numerical studies of current-driven phenomena in the nanoscale. Topics covered range from single-molecule, site-specific nanochemistry induced by a scann

Defines and reviews the major sectors of nanobiotechnology and nanobiosciences with respect to various developments. This book covers the basic principles and main applications of nanobiotechnology as a field at the frontiers of biotechnology and nanotechnology.

Offers a fundamental and comprehensive overview of nanomedicine from a systems engineering perspective. This book introduces the concept of nanomedicine, and provides basic mathematical modeling techniques that can be used to model nanoscale biomedical and biological systems.

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are two examples of low-dimensional nanomaterials. This book investigates QDs and SWCNTs using quantum-chemical calculations that describe details of excited state phenomena, and provides information about the mechanisms that occur on the atomic level.

What are the fundamental limits of core CMOS, and can we improve the scaling by the introduction of new materials or processes? Can quantum computing replace binary-based protocols to enhance the information processing power? This title answers these questions and others.

An important and exciting aspect in the newly developing field of nanomedicine is the use of nanoparticle drug delivery systems allowing for innovative therapeutic approaches. This timely book provides an overview of possible therapeutic applications, hig

The field of C-nanoparticles toxicity is, at present, fragmented and contradictory, oscillating between enthusiastic raptures and bitter disappointments. This important book presents an overall, unitary view of the carbon nanoparticle world, in which both

Major advancements in biophotonics have successfully permeated biochemistry and cell/molecular biology as well as numerous preclinical applications. This book presents the fundamentals of optics and biophotonics to newcomers who are interested in this multidisciplinary research field. With contributions from leading experts, the text highlights major current advancements in preclinical diagnostics using optical microscopy and spectroscopy, including multiphoton microscopy, nanoscopy, and endomicroscopy. The book also introduces a number of emerging techniques and toolsets for biophotonics applications, such as nanoplasmonics, microresonators for molecular detection, and subcellular optical nanosurgery.

This graduate-level text discusses from first principles the background theory of various effects of quantum optics, introduces students to the main ideas of quantum optics as clearly as possible, and teaches the mathematical methods used by researchers working in the fields of quantum and atom optics. It contains numerous valuable derivations and calculations that are often hard to find in scientific articles and other texts on quantum optics. The book provides a useful starting point for those interested in learning more.

Edited by three of the top researchers in the field of tissue engineering and nanomedicine, with contributions from a team of pioneers and well-known leading experts in the biomedical field, this book presents the latest nano/microtechnologies used to manipulate stem cell behaviors, which is a critical area for regenerative medicine. It covers and details cutting-edge research in nano/microfabrication techniques and biomaterials for various tissue/organ, such as bone, cartilage, craniofacial, osteochondral, muscle, bladder and cardiovascular tissue, etc., regenerations.

This book concentrates on the theory of spin resonance phenomena and the relaxation theory, which have been discussed from first principles to introduce the reader to the language of quantum mechanics used to describe the behaviour of atomic nuclei and electrons. There is a long way from knowing complex formulae to apply them correctly to describe the studied system. The book shows through examples how symbols can be "replaced" in equations by using properties of real systems to formulate descriptions that link the quantities observed in spin resonance experiments with dynamics and structure of molecules.