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Recent patents in bionanotechnologies: nanolithography, bionanocomposites, cell-based computing and entropy production
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| Title: | Recent patents in bionanotechnologies: nanolithography, bionanocomposites, cell-based computing and entropy production |
| Authors: | Layton, Bradley E. |
| Keywords: | Bionanotechnology
Biomimickery
Bio-Inspired
Dip-Pen
Nanotechnology
Printing
Information
Entropy |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Publisher: | Bentham Science Publishers |
| Citation: | Recent Patents on Nanotechnology, 2: pp. 1-7 |
| Abstract: | This article reviews recent disclosures of bio-inspired, bio-mimicked and bionanotechnologies. Among the
patents discussed is a nanoscale porous structure for use in nanocomposites and nanoscale processing. Patents disclosing
methods for printing biological materials using nanolithography techniques such as dip-pen technology are discussed, as
are patents for optimizing drug design. The relevance of these technologies to disease prevention, disease treatment and
disease resistance is discussed. The paper closes with a review of cell-based computing and a brief examination of how
information technology has enabled the development of these technologies. Finally a forecast of the how these
technologies are likely to accelerate global entropization is discussed as well as a new classification of machine types. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/2755 |
| Appears in Collections: | Faculty Research and Publications (MEM)
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