INDEX
177
Levy distribution, 16
Maltose binding protein, 7, 47
Mass
effective, of electron, 14
effective, of hole, 14
Mechanobiology, 71
Mechanotransduction
as a result of cytoskeletal displacement,
71
as a result of second messengers, 71
Mercaptoacetic acid, 8
Mesenchymal progenitor cells, 70
see also Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)
biochemical characterization of, 70
differentiation of, 70
differentiation of into adipocytes, 72
differentiation of into chonodrocytes, 72
differentiation of into osteoblasts, 72
generation of bone-like tissue from, 70
marrow-derived, 69
mechanical modulation of, 69
nanomechanical characteristics of, 70, 87
nanostructural characteristics of, 70
regulated by micromechanical stresses,
70
response to mechanical stresses, 69
studies of using atomic force microscope,
70
surface roughness of, 87
Microbeads
polymeric, 17, 47
Microscope
atomic force, 57, 70, 74
confocal, 16
electron, 74
fluorescence, 27
inverted, 10
Nanoelectromechanical systems, 63
Nanoscale devices
assembly with precursors, 150
bioinspired approaches to building, 149
biology as model for, 152
Nanoscale structures
assembly of, 151
assembly of with microbial systems, 155
bioinspired approaches to building, 149
Nanotubes
carbon-based, 51; see also Carbon
nanotube
Neuron
electrical activity of, 56
Oligonucleotide, 6
Organometallic
synthesis of quantum dots, 42
Peptide
as coating of quantum dot, 8, 18
Peptide (cont.)
CNT functionalization with, 51
selective binding to integrin, 19, 20
Phage display
screening for selection of molecules, 156
Photobleaching
resistance of quantum dot to, 45
Photoluminescence
laser stimulated, 5
spectrum, of quantum dots, 15
phonon sidebands of, 24
Phonon
acoustic, 13, 24
confinement shifts, 17
spherical acoustic, 25, 26
surface optical (SO), 13
torsional acoustic, 25, 26
Poisson-Nernst-Planck equation, 165
Polymers
hydrogels, 69
Polynucleotides
hairpin formation in, 99
Pyrenyl groups
bonding to CNT surface, 56, 57, 58
Quantum dot
blinking of, 16
biocompatible, 44
cadmium sulfide (CdS), 2, 3, 37
cadmium selenide (CdSe), 2, 12, 37, 40
cadmium telluride (CdTe), 2, 3
characterization of, 41
colloidal suspension of, 2, 4, 16, 27
core-shell, 5
dihydrolipoic acid coated, 9, 10
DNA-functionalized, 6, 11, 47
emission spectrum, 1, 2
excited state of, 38
gallium nitride (GaN), 3
ground state of, 38
indium arsenide (InAs), 37
indium phosphide (InP), 37
inorganic capping of, 43
lead selenide (PbSe), 2, 3, 4
lead sulfide (PbS), 2, 3
of wurtzite structure, 15
organic capping of, 43
peptide coated, 8
peptide functionalized, 8, 11, 18, 27
photoluminescence spectrum of, 15
polymer coated, 15
protein functionalized, 11, 47
quantum yield of, 4
self-assembled, 2
semiconductor, 1, 37, 48
silica coated, 5
CdS,
27
streptavidin functionalized, 9