Nanotechnology and Nanorobotics

Nano biotechnology

Bionanotechnology has become an exciting field of research and an area of technology development, especially since the length scale nanotechnology can access more and more coincides with the length scale of basic biological structures and fundamental biological components.Nano biotechnology is a discipline in which tools from nanotechnology are developed and applied to study biological phenomena. For example, nanoparticles can serve as probes, sensors or vehicles for biomolecule delivery in cellular systems. Nano biotechnology covers all aspects of research and emerging technologies including, but not limited to: Fundamental theories and concepts applied to biomedical-related devices and methods at the micro- and Nano-scale (including methods that employ electrokinetic, electrohydrodynamic, and optical trapping techniques), Micromachining and Microfabrication tools and techniques applied to the top-down approach to Nano biotechnology, Nanomachining and Nanofabrication tools and techniques directed towards biomedical and biotechnological applications (e.g. applications of Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Probe Microscopy and related tools), Colloid chemistry applied to Nanobiotechnology (e.g. cosmetics, suntan lotions, bio-active nanoparticles), Microtechnologies such as Lab-on-Chip applied to pharmaceutical, biomedical and biotechnological applications, Techniques for probing cell physiology, cell adhesion sites and cell-cell communication, Molecular self-assembly, including concepts of supramolecular chemistry.