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CONTENTS<br />

Editors’ Biographies i<br />

Foreword iii<br />

Preface v<br />

List of Contributors vi<br />

CHAPTERS<br />

1. Smart Nanomaterials for Biosensors, Biochips and Molecular Bioelectronics 3<br />

Ravindra Pratap Singh, Ashutosh Tiwari, Joen-Woo Choi and Avinash Chandra Pandey<br />

2. Metal Nanoparticles-Based Affinity Biosensors 42<br />

Giovanna Marrazza<br />

3. Optical Sensors Based on Molecularly Imprinted Nanomaterials 60<br />

Shanshan Wang, Xiaocui Zhu and Meiping Zhao<br />

4. Thermo Sensitive Polymers for Prolong Delivery of Contraceptive Hormones in<br />

Women 74<br />

Priyanka Singh and Sibao Chen<br />

5. Prosepects of Nanosensors in Environmental and Biomedical Fields 82<br />

Salaimutharasan Gnanamani, Siva Chidhambaram and Mani Prabaharan<br />

6. Growth of CdSe Nanoparticles on Abscisic Acid Nanofibers and their Interactions<br />

with HeLa cells 93<br />

Stephen H. Frayne, Stacey N. Barnaby, Areti Tsiola, Karl R. Fath, Evan M. Smoak and<br />

Ipsita A. Banerjee<br />

7. Fabrication and Optimization of a Hydrogel Drug Delivery System for a Potential<br />

Wound Healing Application 111<br />

Thomas J. Smith, James E. Kennedy and Clement L. Higginbotham<br />

8. Advanced Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanotube Fibers for Biosensing<br />

Applications 126<br />

Zhigang Zhu, Andrew J. Flewitt, William I. Milne and Francis Moussy<br />

9. Biosensors Based on Selected Gold Nanoparticles 149<br />

Ram Singh, Geetanjali, Vinita Katiyar and S. Bhanumati<br />

10. 1D Nanostructures for Sensing Purposes 163<br />

Alessio Giuliani and Yi Ge<br />

Index 177

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