In their follow up to Nanobiotechnology: Concepts, Applications and Perspectives, Mirkin (chemistry, Northwestern U., US) and Niemeyer (chemistry, U. of Dortmund, Germany) continue to highlight the high degree of interdisciplinarity necessary to this emerging field by combining contributions from bioorganic and bioinorganic chemistry, molecular and cell biology, materials science, and bioanalytics. Because the major progress in the field in the past few years has been in the development of nanoparticle science and applications together with the refinement of scanning probe microscopy related methods, the bulk of the 21 chapters they present are concerned with these two areas. However, there are also contributions concerning small molecule- and peptide-based self-assembly, the use of nanomaterials for medicinal applications, and the utilization of biomolecular machinery to create hybrid devices with mechanical functionalities, topics that were not covered in the earlier volume. Annotation ⓒ2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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SELF-ASSEMBLY & NANOPARTICLES -
NOVEL PRINCIPLES
Self-Assembled Artificial Transmembrane Ion Channels
Self-Assembling DNA Nanostructures for Patterned Molecular Assembly
Synthesis and Assembly of Nanoparticles and Nanostructures Using Bioderived Templates
Proteins and Nanoparticles: Covalent and Non-Covalent Conjugates
DNA Nanostructures for Patterned Molecular Assembly and Controlled Molecular Transport
Biocatalytic Growth of Nanoparticles for Sensors and Circuitry
NANOSTRUCTURES FOR ANALYTICS
Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Bioassays
Luminiscent Semiconductor Quantum Dots in Biology
Nanoscale Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensors
Cantilever Array Sensors for Bioanalysis
Scanning Ion Conduction Microscopy
Label-Free Nanowire and Nanotube Biomolecular Sensors for In Vitro Diagnostics of Cancer and other Diseases
Bionanarrays
NANOSTRUCTURES FOR MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS
Biological Barriers to Nanocarrier-Mediated Delivery of Therapeutic and Imaging Agents
Organic Nanoparticles: Adapting Emerging Techniques from the Electronics Industry for the Generation of Shape-Specific, Functionalized Carriers for Applications in Nanomedicine
Poly(amidoamine) Dendrimer-Based Multifunctional Nanoparticles
Nanoparticle Contrast Agents for Molecular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Micro- and Nanoscale Control of Cellular Environment for Tissue Engineering
Diagnostics and Therapeutic Targeted Perfluorocarbon Nanoparticles
NANOMOTORS
Biological Nanomotors
Biologically Inspired Hybrid Nanodevices