Secondary Sources
Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Biomedical Nanostructures, Chapter 17: Clinical Applications of Micro- and Nanoscale Biosensors
Web Sources
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www.nanotech-now.com – Nanotechnology Now (Gateway to everything nanotech)
www.nanodic.com – Dictionary of nanotechnology
www.foresight.org
www.cambridgenanotech.com/klc/scientificabstracts.php – CambridgeNanotech scientific abstract search
www.cns.fas.harvard.edu – Center for nanoscale systems, Harvard University
web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/nanotech.html – Massachusetts Institute of...
Nanosensors
Nanosensors, nanobiosensors, or biosensors. Nanotechnology basically deals with objects sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (which is one-billionth of a meter) in at least one dimension. Making sensors that can detect and manipulate objects of this size is technically challenging not only because of the size but more importantly because matter has very different properties at the nanoscale level. We will try to look at the WHY, WHAT, WHO and HOW of biosensors that contain, at least in one part, a nanomaterial that is crucial in its function.
Beginning with the WHY we should look at nanosensors in the context of the reasons they deserve our attention. The applications, the benefits to humankind, and necessarily, the financial benefits to the individual who devotes his talents to...
