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Bioinspired Approaches for Human-Centric Technologies

  • Gives a condensed overview to the state of the art of nanotechnology and its applications in medicine

  • Written by dedicated experts in the respective fields

  • Creates links among apparently unrelated disciplines

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Antibody-Functionalized Inorganic NPs: Mimicking Nature for Targeted Diagnosis and Therapy

    • Alessandra Quarta, Liberato Manna, Teresa Pellegrino
    Pages 1-28
  3. Soft Matter Composites Interfacing with Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues

    • Athanassia Athanassiou, Despina Fragouli, Ilker Bayer, Paolo Netti, Loris Rizzello, Pier Paolo Pompa
    Pages 29-76
  4. Biosensing Detection

    • Guglielmo Lanzani, Maria Rosa Antognazza, Massimo De Vittorio, Simona Petroni, Francesco Rizzi
    Pages 77-109
  5. Emerging Technologies Inspired by Plants

    • Barbara Mazzolai, Virgilio Mattoli, Lucia Beccai, Edoardo Sinibaldi
    Pages 111-132
  6. Mechanism and Structures: Humanoids and Quadrupeds

    • Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos Tsagarakis, Claudio Semini
    Pages 133-153
  7. Sensorimotor Coordination in a Humanoid Robot: Building Intelligence on the iCub

    • Lorenzo Natale, Francesco Nori, Alberto Parmiggiani, Giorgio Metta
    Pages 155-197
  8. Towards a “Brain-Guided” Cognitive Architecture

    • Vishwanathan Mohan, Pietro Morasso, Giulio Sandini
    Pages 199-239
  9. Human Machine Interaction and Communication in Cooperative Actions

    • Gabriel Baud-Bovy, Pietro Morasso, Francesco Nori, Giulio Sandini, Alessandra Sciutti
    Pages 241-268
  10. Brain Function: Novel Technologies Driving Novel Understanding

    • John A. Assad, Luca Berdondini, Laura Cancedda, Francesco De Angelis, Alberto Diaspro, Michele Dipalo et al.
    Pages 299-334

About this book

The present book discusses topics related to research and development of materials and devices at nanoscale size and their respective application in medicine and biomedicine.

The individual chapters give a detailed state of the art overview to the distinct topic. Apparently disconnected fields - life sciences, biomedicine, chemistry, physics, medicine and engineering - will be bridged with a highly interdisciplinary view onto each subject.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy

    Roberto Cingolani

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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