Kumar C. (Ed.). Nanosystem Characterization Tools in the Life Sciences. Nanotechnologies for the Life Sciences. Volume 3

Wiley, 2006. - 379 p. - This first dedicated, all-encompassing text characterizes nanomaterials for biological or physiological and biomedical applications. It gathers in one volume the knowledge otherwise spread throughout joual articles, providing an overall picture for all the disciplines involved.
From the contents:
Chapter 1: Fluorescence Imaging in Biology using Nanoprobes.
Chapter 2: Characterization of Nanoscale Systems in Biology using Scanning Probe Microscopy Techniques.
Chapter 3: Quartz Crystal Microbalance Characterization of Nanostructure Assemblies in Biosensing.
Chapter 4: NMR Characterization Techniques - Application to Nanoscaled Pharmaceutical Carriers.
Chapter 5: Characterization of Nano Features in Biopolymers using Small-angle X-ray Scattering, Electron Microscopy and Modeling.
Chapter 6: In Situ Characterization of Drug Nanoparticles by FTIR Spectroscopy.
Chapter 7: Characterization of Nanoscaled Drug Delivery Systems by Electron Spin Resonance (ESR).
Chapter 8: X-ray Absorption and Emission Spectroscopy in Nanoscience and Lifescience.
Chapter 9: Some New Advances and Challenges in Biological and Biomedical Materials Characterization.
Chapter 10: Dynamic Light Scattering Microscopy.
Chapter 11: X-ray Scattering Techniques for Characterization of Nanosystems in Lifesciences.