EngineeredNanoporesforBioanalyticalApplications(Micro&NanoTechnologies)

Thisbookisthefirsttoexploreboththedevelopmentandapplicationofnanoporeswithpracticalanalyticalapplicationsastheprimaryfocus.ThesenanoscaleanalyticaltechniqueshaveexcitingpotentialastheycanbeusedinapplicationssuchasDNAsequencing,DNAfragmentsizing,DNA/proteinbinding,andprotein/proteinbinding.Importantlythisbookaimstoprovideasolidprofessionalreferenceonnanoporesforreadersinbothacademiaandindustry,andengineeringandbiomedicalfields.Inaddition,theaimofthisbookistosharewiththescientificandengineeringcommunitiestheexperimentalandfabricationmethodsnecessarytocarryoutnanopore-basedexperimentsfordevelopingnewdevices.Itincludesapplicationcasestudiesfordetection,identificationandanalysisofbiomoleculesandrelatedfunctionalnanomaterials.Itintroducesthetechniquesofmanufacturingsolidstatematerialswithfunctionalnanopores.ItexplainstheuseofnanoporesinDNAsequencingandthewiderrangeofapplicationsfromenvironmentalmonitoringtoforensics.