Exploring the challenging, interdisciplinary nature of nanotechnology through a life sciences filter, this book focuses on the applications of nanoscience and the engineering aspects of medical and biotechnological nanodevices. Divided into introductory, intermediate, and advanced sections, each chapter offers a succinct introduction, a detailed discussion of the topic at hand with illustrative examples, numerous figures and necessary equations, and a concise summary. Problem sets include exercises of varying difficulty as well as analytical and thought-provoking numerical problems.
