Main description:

The present book discusses topics related to research and development of materials and devices at nanoscale size and their respective application in medicine and biomedicine.

The individual chapters give a detailed state of the art overview to the distinct topic. Apparently disconnected fields - life sciences, biomedicine, chemistry, physics, medicine and engineering - will be bridged with a highly interdisciplinary view onto each subject.

Contents:

Antibody functionalized inorganic NPs: mimicking nature for targeted diagnosis and therapy.- Soft matter composites interfacing with biomolecules, cells and tissue.- Biosensing detection.- Emerging technologies inspired by plants.- Mechanism and structures: humanoids and quadrupeds.- Sensorimotor coordination in a humanoid robot: building intelligence on the iCub.- Towards a "brain guided" cognitive architecture.- Human Machine Interaction and Communication in Cooperative Actions.- Complexity and computation at the synapse: multilayer architecture and role of diffusion in shaping synaptic activity and computation.- Brain function: Novel technologies driving novel understanding.