Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Nanobiotechnology and Bionanotechnology -- 1.1. Classical Biotechnology: Industrial Production Using Biological Systems -- 1.2. Modern Biotechnology: From Industrial Processes to Novel Therapeutics -- 1.3. Modern Biotechnology: Immunological, Enzymatic, and Nucleic Acid-Based Technology -- 1.4. The Interface Between Nanotechnology and Biotechnology: Bionanotechnology -- 1.5. Supramolecular (Bio)Chemistry: The Theoretical Basis for Self-Assembly -- 1.6. The Next Steps for Self-Association at the Nano-Scale -- 1.7. Biology in Nanotechnology and Nano-Sciences in Biotechnology -- 1.8. The Combination of Bionanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology -- 1.9. Nanobionics and Bio-Inspired Nanotechnology -- Chapter 2 A Brief Introduction to Nanotechnology -- 2.1. The Emergence of Nanotechnology: "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" -- 2.2. Coining the Term "Nanotechnology" and the Emergence of the Nanotechnology Concept -- 2.3. Manipulating Molecules: The Scanning Probe Microscopes -- 2.4. Carbon Fullerene: A New Form of Carbon -- 2.5. Carbon Nanotubes: Key Building Blocks for Future Nanotechnological Applications -- 2.6. A Single Layer of Carbon: Graphene -- 2.7. Non-Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerene-Like Material: The Inorganic Nanomaterials -- 2.8. Quantum Dots and Other Nanoparticles -- 2.9. Nanowires, Nanorods, and Other Nanomaterials -- 2.10. Magnetic Nanoparticles -- Chapter 3 Natural Biological Assembly at the Nanometric Scale -- 3.1. The Process of Self-Assembly and Self-Organization in Biology -- 3.2. Organization of Bacterial S-Layers -- 3.3. Self-Organization of Viruses -- 3.4. Self-Organization of Phospholipid Membranes -- 3.5. Fibrillar Cytoskeleton Assemblies -- 3.6. Nucleic Acids: The Genetic Information Media and a Template for Nanotechnological Applications.

3.7. Oligosaccharides and Polysaccharides: Another Class of Biological Polymers -- 3.8. Amyloid Fibrils as Self-Assembled Nano-Scale Bio-Assemblies -- 3.9. Silk: Natural Fibrillar Supramolecular Protein Assembly -- 3.10. Ribosome: The Protein Assembly Line Instrument -- 3.11. Other Complex Machines in the Genetic Code Expression -- 3.12. Protein Quality-Control Machinery: The Proteasome -- 3.13. Biological Nano-Motors: Kinesin and Dynein -- 3.14. Other Nano-Motors: Flagella and Cilia -- 3.15. Ion Channels: Nano-Pores of High Specificity -- Chapter 4 Nanometric Biological Assemblies: Molecular and Chemical Basis for Interaction -- 4.1. Emergence of Biological Activity through Self-Assembly -- 4.2. Molecular Recognition and Chemical Affinity -- 4.3. Affinity and Specificity of Biological Interactions -- 4.4. The Relation between Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Dissociation -- 4.5. The Chemical Basis for Molecular Recognition and Specific Binding -- 4.6. The Formation of Specific Complexes by an Increase in Entropy -- Chapter 5 Molecular Recognition and the Assembly of Biological Structures -- 5.1. Antibodies as the Molecular Sensors of Recognition -- 5.2. Selection of Antibodies and Equivalent Systems in the Test Tube -- 5.3. Recognition between Nucleic Acids by Proteins -- 5.4. Interaction between Receptors and Ligands -- 5.5. Molecular Recognition between Nucleic Acids -- 5.6. Aptamers -- Chapter 6 Self-Assembly of Biological and Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials -- 6.1. Formation of DNA-Based Materials -- 6.2. Assembly of Peptide-Based Nanomaterials -- 6.3. The First Peptide Nanotubes -- 6.4. Amphiphile and Surfactant-Like Peptide Building Blocks -- 6.5. Charge Complementary as a Driving Force for Self-Assembly -- 6.6. Conjugation of Peptides for Self-Assembly -- 6.7. Aromatic Interactions for the Formation of Nano-Structures.

6.8. The Formation of Aromatic Dipeptide Nanotubes (ADNT) -- 6.9. The Formation of Spherical Nano-Structures by Short Peptides -- 6.10. Helical Peptide Building Blocks -- 6.11. Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) -- Chapter 7 Application of Biological Assemblies in Nanotechnology -- 7.1. The Use of S-Layers for Nanolithography -- 7.2. The Use of DNA for Fabrication of Conductive Nanowires -- 7.3. Amyloid Fibrils as Templates for Nanowire Fabrication -- 7.4. Metallization of Actin Filaments by Chemical Modification -- 7.5. The Use of Aromatic Peptide Nanotubes -- 7.6. Bacteriophages as Novel Biomaterials -- 7.7. The Use of Peptide Templates for Biomineralization -- 7.8. Production of Inorganic Composite Nanomaterials -- 7.9. The Utilization of Biomineralization in Nanotechnology -- Chapter 8 Medical and Other Applications of Bionanotechnology -- 8.1. The Use of Drug Nanocrystals for Improved Application -- 8.2. The Use of Nano-Containers for Drug Delivery -- 8.3. The Use of Inorganic Nanowires for Biological Detection -- 8.4. The Use of Soft Lithography for Biotechnology -- 8.5. Contrast Agents by Nanomagnetic Materials -- 8.6. Nanoagriculture -- 8.7. Water Technology and Nanotechnology -- 8.8. Nanocosmetics -- 8.9. Solar Energy Applications -- Chapter 9 Future Prospects for Nanobiotechnology and Bionanotechnology -- 9.1. The Marriage of Molecular Biology and Nanotechnology -- 9.2. The Engineering of Modified Biological Systems for the Assembly of Nano-Structures -- 9.3. Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering -- 9.4. Engineering of the Brain Tissue -- 9.5. Making Artificial Biological Inorganic Composites -- 9.6. Nanobio Machines and Nano-Robots -- Chapter 10 Concluding Remarks: The Prospects and Dangers of the Nanobiological Revolution -- Appendix A There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom: An Invitation to Enter a New Field of Physics - by Richard P. Feynman.

Appendix B List of Bionanotechnological and Nanobiotechnological Companies -- Appendix C Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.