This cutting-edge book focuses on the emerging area of biomaterials and biodevices that incorporate therapeutic agents, molecular targeting, and diagnostic imaging capabilities

The design and development of biomaterials play a significant role in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. When used with highly selective and sensitive biomaterials, cutting-edge biodevices can allow the rapid and accurate diagnosis of disease, creating a platform for research and development, especially in the field of treatment for prognosis and detection of diseases in the early stage. This book emphasizes the emerging area of biomaterials and biodevices that incorporate therapeutic agents, molecular targeting, and diagnostic imaging capabilities.

The 15 comprehensive chapters written by leading experts cover such topics as:

• The use of severe plastic deformation technique to enhance the properties of nanostructured metals
• Descriptions of the different polymers for use in controlled drug release
• Chitin and chitosan as renewable healthcare biopolymers for biomedical applications
• Innovated devices such as “label-free biochips” and polymer MEMS
• Molecular imprinting and nanotechnology
• Prussian Blue biosensing applications
• The evaluation of different types of biosensors in terms of their cost effectiveness, selectivity, and sensitivity
• Stimuli-responsive polypeptide nanocarriers for malignancy therapeutics

“Overall, this is a fascinating series of diverse chapters, with a large range of quality in the presentation and diagram quality, and the reader has to have an extensive knowledge of biochemistry and nanotechnology to really appreciate the cutting edge technology presented in this book.”  (Scope, 1 February 2014)

Ashutosh Tiwari is an Associate Professor at the Biosensors and Bioelectronics Centre, Linköping University, Sweden; Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Materials Letters; Secretary General, International Association of Advanced Materials; a materials chemist and also a docent in applied physics at Linköping University, Sweden. He has published more than 350 articles, patents, and conference proceedings in the field of materials science and technology and has edited/authored more than fifteen books on the advanced state-of-the-art of materials science. He is a founding member of the Advanced Materials World Congress and the Indian Materials Congress.

Anis N. Nordin received her D.Sc. in computer engineering from George Washington University in 2008. She is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Her main research interests are in the areas of biosensors, lab-on-chip devices, Analog VLSI, RF-MEMS, surface acoustic wave resonators, and oscillators in particular. She is currently a visiting scholar at the Biosensors and Bioelectronics Center, Linköping University, Sweden.