1. Is Nanotechnology the Key to Unravel and Engineer Biological Processes?
Melba Navarro and Josep A. Planell
2. Synthesis of Genetically Engineered Protein Polymers (Recombinamers) as an Example of Advanced Self-Assembled Smart Materials
José Carlos Rodríguez-Cabello, Alessandra Girotti, Artur Ribeiro, and Francisco Javier Arias
3. Design of Biomolecules for Nanoengineered Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine
Alvaro Mata, Liam Palmer, Esther Tejeda-Montes, and Samuel I. Stupp
4. Stimuli Responsive Polymers for Nanoengineering of Biointerfaces
Szczepan Zapotoczny
5. Micro-/Nano-Patterning of Proteins Using a Nanoimprint-Based Contact Printing Technique
Elena Martínez, Mateu Pla-Roca, and Josep Samitier
6. Functionalization of Surfaces with Synthetic Oligonucleotides
Brendan Manning and Ramon Eritja
7. Fabrication of PEG Hydrogel Microwell Arrays for High-Throughput Single Stem Cell Culture and Analysis
Stefan A. Kobel and Matthias P. Lutolf
8. Preparation of Polyelectrolyte Nanocomplexes Containing Recombinant Human Hepatocyte Growth Factor (rhHGF) as Potential Oral Carriers for Liver Regeneration
Catarina Ribeiro, Ana Patrícia Neto, José das Neves, Maria Fernanda Bahia, and Bruno Sarmento
9. Electrospinning Technology in Tissue Regeneration
Oscar Castaño, Mohamed Eltohamy, and Hae-Won Kim
10. Protein Adsorption Characterization
M. Cristina L. Martins, Susana R. Sousa, Joana C. Antunes, and Mário A. Barbosa
11. Measuring Wettability of Biosurfaces at the Microscale
Conrado Aparicio, Yassine Maazouz, and Dehua Yang
12. AFM to Study Bio/Non-Bio Interactions
Holger Schönherr
13. Evaluation of Cytocompatibility and Cell Response to Boron Nitride Nanotubes
Gianni Ciofani and Serena Danti
14. Nanobiosensors for In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis of Biomolecules
J.-Pablo Salvador, Mark P. Kreuzer, Romain Quidant, Gonçal Badenes, and M.-Pilar Marco
15. Novel Strategies to Engineering Biological Tissue In Vitro
Francesco Urciuolo, Giorgia Imparato, Angela Guaccio, Benedetto Mele, and Paolo A. Netti
16. Enabling Biomedical Research with Designer Quantum Dots
Nikodem Tomczak, Dominik Jańczewski, Denis Dorokhin, Ming-Yong Han, and G. Julius Vancso
17. The Role of Nanophotonics in Regenerative Medicine
Maria F. Garcia-Parajo
18. Molecular Dynamics Methods for Modeling Complex Interactions in Biomaterials
Antonio Tilocca
19. Regenerative Nanomedicine: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
Linda MacDonald Glenn and Jeanann S. Boyce