Bio- and bioinspired nanomaterials

A comprehensive overview of nanomaterials that are inspired by or targeted at biology, including some of the latest breakthrough research. Throughout, valuable contributions from top-level scientists illustrate how bionanomaterials could lead to novel devices or structures with unique properties. The first and second part cover the most relevant synthetic and bioinspired nanomaterials, including surfaces with extreme wettability properties, functional materials with improved adhesion or structural and functional systems based on the complex and hierarchical organization of natural composites.

Front Matter -- Bionanomaterials. Synthesis of Colloidal Gold and Silver Nanoparticles and their Properties / Christian Pfeiffer, Wolfgang J Parak, Jose Maria Montenegro -- Ceramic Smart Drug Delivery Nanomaterials / Alejandro Baeza, María Vallet-Regí -- Polymersomes and their Biological Implications / Regina Bleul, Michael Maskos -- MOFs in Pharmaceutical Technology / C Tamames-Tabar, A García-Márquez, M J Blanco-Prieto, C Serre, P Horcajada -- Amorphous Coordination Polymer Particles for Biomedicine / Fernando Novio, Daniel Ruiz-Molina, Julia Lorenzo -- Magnetic Nanoparticles for Magnetic Hyperthermia and Controlled Drug Delivery / Pablo Guardia, Andreas Riedinger, Hamilton Kakwere, Florence Gazeau, Teresa Pellegrino -- Photothermal Effect of Gold Nanostructures for Application in Bioimaging and Therapy / Loredana Latterini, Luigi Tarpani -- Nanomaterial-Based Bioimaging Probes / Christian Buchwalder, Katayoun Saatchi, Urs O Häfeli -- Molecular Bases of Nanotoxicology / Angela Tino, Alfredo Ambrosone, Valentina Marchesano, Claudia Tortiglione -- Bioinspired Materials : Bioinspired Materials for Technological Application. Bioinspired Interfaces for Self-cleaning Technologies / Vi…