| Viruses and Nanotechnology 2009 Edition Contributor(s): Manchester, Marianne (Editor), Steinmetz, Nicole F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3540693769 ISBN-13: 9783540693765 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: Viral nanoparticles (VNPs) serve as excellent nanobuilding blocks for materials design and fabrication. The main advantages are their nanometer-range size, the propensity to self-assemble into monodisperse nanoparticles of discrete shape and size, the high degree of symmetry and polyvalency, the relative ease of producing large quantities, the exceptional stability and robustness, biocompatibility, and bioavailability. Last but not least, the particles present programmable units, which can be modified by either genetic modification or chemical bioconjugation methods |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Infectious Diseases - Medical | Biochemistry - Medical | Microbiology |
| Dewey: 660.6 |
| Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immmunology |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (0.85 lbs) 147 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nanotechnology is a collective term describing a broad range of relatively novel topics. Scale is the main unifying theme, with nanotechnology being concerned with matter on the nanometer scale. A quintessential tenet of nanotechnology is the precise self-assembly of nanometer-sized components into ordered devices. Nanotechnology seeks to mimic what nature has achieved, with precision at the nanometer level down to the atomic level. Nanobiotechnology, a division of nanotechnology, involves the exploitation of biomaterials, devices or methodologies in the nanoscale. In recent years a set of b- molecules has been studied and utilized. Virus particles are natural nanomaterials and have recently received attention for their tremendous potential in this field. The extensive study of viruses as pathogens has yielded detailed knowledge about their biological, genetic, and physical properties. Bacterial viruses (bacte- ophages), plant and animal eukaryotic viruses, and viruses of archaea have all been characterized in this manner. The knowledge of their replicative cycles allows manipulation and tailoring of particles, relying on the principles of self-assembly in infected hosts to build the base materials. The atomic resolution of the virion structure reveals ways in which to tailor particles for higher-order functions and assemblies. |