Authors:Rüdiger Klingeler, Robert B. Sim,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: carbon, nanostructures, applications, biomedical, nanotubes
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 2011-02-09
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3642148018
ISBN-13: 9783642148019

This book explores the potential of multi-functional carbon nanotubes for biomedical applications. It combines contributions from chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, and medicine. The complete overview of the state-of-the-art addresses different synthesis and biofunctionalisation routes and shows the structural and magnetic properties of nanotubes relevant to biomedical applications. Particular emphasis is put on the interaction of carbon nanotubes with biological environments, i.e. toxicity, biocompatibility, cellular uptake, intracellular distribution, interaction with the immune syste

Author: R?diger Paschotta
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: technology, physics, laser, encyclopedia
Number of Pages: 856
Published: 2008-12-15
List price: $360.00
ISBN-10: 3527408282
ISBN-13: 9783527408283

This authoritative encyclopedia helps to master the large variety of physical phenomena and technological aspects involved in laser technology and the wider field of photonics. Besides explaining in detail the physical principles and common techniques of laser operation, it also addresses such supplementary topics as ultrashort pulses, optical communications, optoelectronics, general optics, and quantum optics. References to selected scientific articles and textbooks aid readers in their further studies, and the cross-disciplinary approach makes this encyclopedia of huge benefit to a wide audi

Authors:G?nther R?diger, Rainer Hollerbach,
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: dynamo, theory, astrophysical, geophysical, universe, magnetic
Number of Pages: 343
Published: 2004-09-06
List price: $232.00
ISBN-10: 3527404090
ISBN-13: 9783527404094

Magnetism is one of the most pervasive features of the Universe, with planets, stars and entire galaxies all having associated magnetic fields. All of these fields are generated by the motion of electrically conducting fluids, the so-called dynamo effect. The precise details of what drives the motion, and indeed what the fluid consists of, differ widely though. In this work the authors draw upon their expertise in geophysical and astrophysical MHD to explore some of these phenomena, and describe the similarities and differences between different magnetized objects. They also explain why magn