Chad A. Mirkin is the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry and the Director of the Institute for Nanotechnology and the Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly at Northwestern University in Evanston. Professor Mirkin holds a B.S. degree from Dickinson College (1986) and a Ph.D. degree in chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University (1989). He was a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before becoming a chemistry professor at Northwestern University in 1991.Professor Mirkin is known for his development of nanoparticle-based biodetection schemes and his invention of Dip-Pen Nanolithography. He is the founder of two companies, Nanosphere and NanoInk, which are commercializing nanotechnology applications in the life science and semiconductor industries. Christof M. Niemeyer is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Dortmund (Germany) where he holds the chair of Biological and Chemical Microstructuring. He studied chemistry at the University of Marburg and did his Ph.D. thesis at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr under the supervision of Manfred Reetz. After a postdoctorate with Charles Cantor at the Center for Advanced Biotechnology in Boston (USA) he went back to Germany, where he worked with Dietmar Blohm at the University of Bremen to complete his habilitation before moving to Dortmund as a full Professor in 2002. He is interested in semisynthetic DNA-protein and DNA-nanoparticle conjugates and their applications in life sciences, catalysis and molecular nanotechnology.

"In summary, this books represents a fine collection of chapters describing current thinking on this subject..."nanotoday(October 2007, Volume 2, Number 5)

• SELF-ASSEMBLY & NANOPARTICLES -NOVEL PRINCIPLESSelf-Assembled Artificial Transmembrane Ion ChannelsSelf-Assembling DNA Nanostructures for Patterned Molecular AssemblySynthesis and Assembly of Nanoparticles and Nanostructures Using Bioderived TemplatesProteins and Nanoparticles: Covalent and Non-Covalent ConjugatesDNA Nanostructures for Patterned Molecular Assembly and Controlled Molecular TransportBiocatalytic Growth of Nanoparticles for Sensors and CircuitryNANOSTRUCTURES FOR ANALYTICSNanoparticles for Electrochemical BioassaysLuminiscent Semiconductor Quantum Dots in BiologyNanoscale Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance BiosensorsCantilever Array Sensors for BioanalysisScanning Ion Conduction MicroscopyLabel-Free Nanowire and Nanotube Biomolecular Sensors for In Vitro Diagnostics of Cancer and other DiseasesBionanarraysNANOSTRUCTURES FOR MEDICINAL APPLICATIONSBiological Barriers to Nanocarrier-Mediated Delivery of Therapeutic and Imaging AgentsOrganic Nanoparticles: Adapting Emerging Techniques from the Electronics Industry for the Generation of Shape-Specific, Functionalized Carriers for Applications in NanomedicinePoly(amidoamine) Dendrimer-Based Multifunctional NanoparticlesNanoparticle Contrast Agents for Molecular Magnetic Resonance ImagingMicro- and Nanoscale Control of Cellular Environment for Tissue EngineeringDiagnostics and Therapeutic Targeted Perfluorocarbon NanoparticlesNANOMOTORSBiological NanomotorsBiologically Inspired Hybrid Nanodevices