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Biological Nanostructures and Applications of Nanostructures in Biology: Electrical‚ Mechanical‚ and Optical Properties highlights recent past advances at the interface between the science and technology of nanostructures and the science of biology. Nanostructures are playing a fundamental role in the advancement of biology as a result of the continuing dramatic progress in understanding the electronic, optical,and mechanical properties of an ever increasing variety of nanostructures. This book highlights current advances and trends in the use of semiconductor nanocrystals in biological applications as well as key developments in the synthesis and physical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals used in biological environments. The potential applications of these semiconductor nanocrystals in nanobiotechnology have been demonstarted recently by a broad variety of applications in the study of subcellular processes of fundamental importance in biology. This book also highlights recent findings on how the electrical, optical, and mechanical properties of nanostructures are altered as a result of being in close proximity with biological structures and media. this book highlights the nanomechanical properties of biomolecules in biological environments. Accordingly, this book provides an introduction to a range of topics dealing with the control and tailoring of the properties of both manmade and naturally occurring nanostructures in biological environments. This field is in its infancy but, as indicated by the contraubtions in this book, it is critical to exploiting fully the dramatic advances of nanotechnology in biological and biomedical applications. This book also describes a number of other promising – and potentially revolutionary – tools and applications of nanobiotechnology. These include: the potential applications of nanoscale carbon nanotubes in bioengineering; the use of atomic force microscopy to probe the nanophysical properties of living cells; and bioinspired approaches to building nanostructures. As described in this book, manmade carbon nanotubes have a number of remarkable electrical, chemical, and mechanical properties making them intriguing candidates for integration with biological structures on the nanoscale. Moreover, this book provides an introduction to potentially revolutionary applications of a key set of biochemical interactions for the assembly and building of nanostructures. Biological Nanostructures and Applications of Nanostructures in Biology: Electrical‚ Mechanical‚ and Optical Properties organised into 7 part, which is INTEGRATING AND TAGGING BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES WITH NANOSCALE SEMICONDUCTING QUANTUM DOT STRUCTURE, BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS, POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF CARBON NANOTUBES IN BIOENGINEERING, NANOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF LIVING CELLS: THE CYTOSKELETON, HAIRPIN FORMATION IN POLYNUCLEOTIDES: A SIMPLE FOLDING PROBLEM?, BIOINSPIRED APPROACHES TO BUILDING NANOSCALE DEVICES and BRIDGING NATURAL NANOTUBES WITH DESIGNED NANOTUBES