Research Catalog

Title

Introduction to biophotonics / Paras N. Prasad.

Author

Prasad, Paras N.

Publication

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Interscience, c2003.

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Description

xvii, 593 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.

Summary

"Paras Prasad's text covers fundamental principles of optics, lasers, light-matter interaction, optical spectroscopy and microscopy. It describes a large number of applications of biophotonics, identifying some key opportunities for chemists, physicists, engineers, biologists, biomedical researchers, clinicians as well as other health care personnel. The chapter on biosensors describes important tools for detecting biological and chemical threats; it will be of interest to those involved in health, safety and environmental disciplines."--Jacket.

Subject

• Biosensing Techniques
• Biosensors
• Biotechnology
• Lasers
• Nanotechnology
• Photobiology
• Photobiology
• Photonics
• Phototherapy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Fundamentals of Light and Matter -- Basics of Biology -- Fundamentals of Light-Matter Interactions -- Principles of Lasers, Current Laser Technology, and Nonlinear -- Photobiology -- Bioimaging: Principles and Techniques -- Bioimaging: Applications -- Biosensors -- Microarray Technology for Genomics and Proteomics -- Flow Cytometry -- Light-Activated Therapy: Photodynamic Therapy -- Tissue Engineering with Light -- Laser Tweezers and Laser Scissors -- Nanotechnology for Biophotonics: Bionanophotonics.

ISBN

0471287709

LCCN

^^2003000578

OCLC

51518560

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library