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Appendix A – Sample Book Description, Contents and Readership

DENDRIMER-BASED NANOMEDICINE

edited by Istvan Majoros James Baker, Jr. (University of Michigan, USA)

In recent decades, dendrimers — free-shaped synthetic macromolecules — have garnered a great deal of scientific interest due to their unique molecular nanostructure. Used in a variety of scientific applications, the use of dendrimers is now widely regarded as a safer, more precise, and more effective way to practice medicine.

This bookcompiles and details cutting-edge research in science and medicine from the interdisciplinary team of the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences, who are currently revolutionizing drug delivery techniques through the development of engineered nanodevices. Edited by Istvan J Majoros and James Baker, Jr., two prominent nanotechnology researchers, this book will appeal to anyone involved in nanotechnology, macromolecular science, cancer therapy, or drug delivery research.

Contents: Targeted Drug Delivery (B Ward & J Baker, Jr); Drug Carriers in Cancer Therapy (T Dunham & J Baker, Jr); Dendrimer Conjugates (T Norris & J Ye); Dendrimer Conjugates in Cancer Therapy (I Majoros et al.); Biological Testing (T Thomas & J Kukowska-Latallo); Apoptosis Detection (A Myc & I Majoros); Diagnosis MRI and Others (S Swanson); Dendrimer-Bilayer Interactions (S Hong et al.); Gene Delivery (A Bielinska); Computer Simulations of Dendrimers (S K Kandasamy et al.); Dendrimer-Entrapped and Dendrimer-Stabilized Metal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications (X Shi & S H Wang).

Readership: Advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level students in nanotechnology; researchers in macromolecular science, nanotechnology, chemistry, biology, and medicine, especially those with an interest in drug delivery or cancer therapy.

Key Features

•Covers research on PAMAM dendrimer-based nanodevices for use in nanomedicine, including aspects from chemistry, biology, various diagnostic methodologies, and computer simulation

•Includes contributions from and is coedited by Dr James Baker, Jr, MD, an international leader in biological nanotechnology and a member of the Nanotechnology Technical Advisory Group of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

•Illustrated throughout with excellent figures and references to accompany each section

NANO COMPUTING

Computational Physics for Nano Science and Nano Technology

edited by James J Y Hsu (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the computational physics for nano science and nano technology. Based on MATLAB and the C++ distributed computing paradigm, this book gives instructive explanations of the underlying physics for mesoscopic systems with many listed programs that readily compute physical properties into nano scales. Many generated graphical pictures demonstrate not only the principles of physics, but also the methodology of computing.

The book starts with a review on quantum physics, quantum chemistry and condensed matter physics, followed by a discussion on the computational and analytical tools and the numerical algorithms used. With these tools in hand, the nonlinear many-body problem, the molecular dynamics, the low dimensionality and nanostructures are then explored. Special topics covered have include the plasmon, the quantum Hall effect, chaos and stochasticity. The applications explored here include graphene, carbon nanotube, water dynamics and the molecular computer.

Contents: Little Big Science; Tools for Analysis; Mesoscopic Systems; Analytical Chapter; Numerical Chapter; Nonlinear Many-Body Physics and Transport; OOP, MPI and Parallel Computing; Low Dimensionality and Nanostructures; Special Topics; Applications.

Readership: Graduate students of physics, chemistry, electrical & electronic engineering, materials science and engineering; researchers in nanoscience; engineers in nanotechnology.

Key Features

•Contains many working codes which are capable and expandable to compute research-level theoretical calculations

•Demonstrates the underlying physics based on listed programs and 3D graphical pictures

•Is suitable as a graduate-level textbook or for training courses on nanocomputing, covering in great depth current research interest in nano science and nano technology

SCIENCE AT THE NANOSCALE

An Introductory Textbook

by Chin Wee Shong, Sow Chorng Haur Andrew T S Wee (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Nanotechnology is one of the most important growth areas of this century. Nanoscience, the science underpinning nanotechnology, is a multidisciplinary subject covering atomic, molecular and solid state physics, as well as much of chemistry. Nanostructures are known to exhibit novel and improved material properties, fundamentally because the physical and chemical properties are very different when dimensions are reduced to the nanometer range. This book thus aims to introduce the various basic principles and knowledge needed for students to understand science at the nanoscale.

Many ideas proposed in nanotechnology are frontier and futuristic, although some have immediate technological applications. The core scientific principles of all nanotechnology applications, however, are grounded in physics and chemistry. There are currently numerous specialized nanoscience and nanotechnology-related texts or monographs at the graduate and senior undergraduate levels. This textbook is targeted at the junior undergraduate level or as a reference text for advanced learners at pre-university and senior high school. It has evolved from the authors’ own teaching experience at tertiary institutions.

Contents: Introduction and Historical Perspective of Nanoscale Science; Classical Physics at the Nanoscale; Quantum Phenomenon at the Nanoscale; From Atoms and Molecules to Nanoscale Materials; Surface Activity at the Nanoscale; Artificial Nanostructures; Formation of Nanoscale Objects and Self-Assembly; Nanotools and Nanofabrication; Future Trends.

Readership: This book is suitable for science undergraduates, and can be used as a reference for pre-university science students.

Key Features

•Practical and user-friendly textbook that can be adopted for introductory undergraduate courses in nanoscience and nanotechnology, materials science and engineering, physics and chemistry unlike most graduate-level and specialized texts on nanoscience

•Instructor-friendly, with sample test questions and practical laboratory exercises included in the Appendices to assist the instructor

•Offers numerous interesting, well-illustrated and recent examples from the three authors’ research work. The combined authorship further provides a unique multidisciplinary flavor needed for the teaching of nanoscale science.

Appendix B – Subject Listing Directory

Arts & Social Sciences

Asian Studies

Business & Management

Chemistry

Computer Science

Economics & Finance

Education

Engineering

Environmental Science

General

History of Science

Life Sciences/Biology

Materials Science

Mathematics

Medicine

Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Nonlinear Science, Chaos & Dynamical Systems

Physics

Popular Science

Others

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