About the Book
Part I: Overviews
1. Cancer Nanotechnology: Opportunities for Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy
Reema Zeineldin and Joan Syoufjy
2. Improved Targeting of Cancers with Nanotherapeutics
Christian Foster, Andre Watson, Joseph Kaplinsky, and Nazila Kamaly
Part II: Nanotechnology-Based Platforms
3. Multifunctional Liposomes
Bhawani Aryasomayajula, Giuseppina Salzano, and Vladimir P. Torchilin
4. Multifunctional Concentric FRET-Quantum Dot Probes for Tracking and Imaging of Proteolytic Activity
Melissa Massey, Jia Jun Li, and W. Russ Algar
5. Preparation and Characterization of Magnetic Nano-in-Microparticles for Pulmonary Delivery
Amber A. McBride, Dominique N. Price, and Pavan Muttil
6. Multifunctionalization of Gold Nanoshells
Sandra W. Bishnoi and Yujen Lin
7. Fabrication of Photothermal Stable Gold Nanosphere/Mesoporous Silica Hybrid Nanoparticle Responsive to Near-Infrared Light
Bei Cheng and Peisheng Xu
8. Engineering Well-Characterized PEG-Coated Nanoparticles for Elucidating Biological Barriers to Drug Delivery
Qi Yang and Samuel K. Lai
9. Piloting Your Nanovehicle to Overcome Biological Barriers
Steven M. Richards and Robert B. Campbell
10. Detecting Sonolysis of Polyethylene Glycol Upon Functionalizing Carbon Nanotubes
Ruhung Wang, Vasanth S. Murali, and Rockford Draper
11. Methods for Generation and Detection of Non-Stationary Vapor Nanobubbles Around Plasmonic Nanoparticles
Ekaterina Y. Lukianova-Hleb and Dmitri O. Lapotko
Part III: Nanotechnology to Study Cancer
12. Force Measurements for Cancer Cells
Vivek Rajasekharan, Varun K.A. Sreenivasan, and Brenda Farrell
13. Fractal Analysis of Cancer Cell Surface
Igor Sokolov and Maxim E. Dokukin
14. Quantitative Evaluation of the Enhanced Permeability and Retention (EPR) Effect
Luisa M. Russell, Charlene M. Dawidczyk, and Peter C. Searson
Part IV: Nanotechnology for Prevention and Detection/Imaging of Cancer
15. Nanotechnology-Based Cancer Vaccines
Aws Alshamsan
16. Designing Multicomponent Nanosystems for Rapid Detection of Circulating Tumor Cells
Shashwat S. Banerjee, Vrushali Khobragade, and Jayant Khandare
17. Fluorescence and Bioluminescence Imaging of Orthotopic B