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The impact of MEMS and NEMS on biotechnology
Dr Marc Madou, University of California
The combination of natural polymers such as proteins and nucleic acids with MEMS and NEMS promises the advent of a totally new class of devices such as sensors and actuators with applications in diagnostics, responsive drug delivery, biocompatibility, self-assembly etc.
08 May 2003 Electronics channel
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The combination of natural polymers such as proteins and nucleic acids with MEMS and NEMS promises the advent of a totally new class of devices such as sensors and actuators with applications in diagnostics, responsive drug delivery, biocompatibility, self-assembly etc. This combination has become possible as today both top-down traditional manufacturing (e.g., MEMS and NEMS) and novel bottom-up manufacturing can realise components overlapping in size. Examples to illustrate the tremendous potential of merging top-down and bottom-up manufacturing techniques will be presented. These examples are culled from the fields of molecular diagnostics, responsive drug delivery systems, protein and DNA structural.
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Marc Madou is Chancellor's Professor at the University of California at irvine.
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