Part I. Making Bio-Nano Interfaces

1. Preparation of 2 nm Gold Nanoparticles for In vitro and In vivo Applications

                Daniel F. Moyano, Bradley Duncan, and Vincent M. Rotello

2. DNA Conjugation to Nanoparticles

                Sunho Park

3. Conjugation of Nanoparticles to Proteins

                Marie-Eve Aubin-Tam

4. Water-Solubilization and Functionalization of Semiconductor Quantum Dots

                Christina M. Tyrakowski, Adela Isovic, and Preston T. Snee

5. Synthesizing and Modifying Peptides for Chemoselective Ligation and Assembly into Quantum Dot-Peptide Bioconjugates

                W. Russ Algar, Juan B. Blanco-Canosa, Rachel L. Manthe, Kimihiro Susumu, Michael H. Stewart, Philip E. Dawson, and Igor L. Medintz

6. Reliable Methods for Silica Coating of Au Nanoparticles

                Isabel Pastoriza-Santos and Luis M. Liz-Marzán

7. Surface Modifications by Polymers for Biomolecule Conjugation

                Laura Sola, Marina Cretich, Francesco Damin, and Marcella Chiari

8. Functionalization Protocols of Silicon Micro-Nano-Mechanical Biosensors        

                Franscesca Frascella and Carlo Ricciardi

Part II. Characterizing Bio-Nano Interfaces

9. Stability and Aggregation Assays of Nanoparticles in Biological Media

                James Kah

10. Electrochemical Measurements of DNA Melting on Surfaces

                Irina Belozerova, Dongbiao Ge, and Rastislav Levickyy

11. Formation and Characterization of Nanoparticle-Protein Corona

                Marco P. Monopoli, Andrzej S. Pitek, Iseult Lynch, and Kenneth A. Dawson

12. Electrophoretic Implementation of the Solution-Depletion Method for Measuring Protein Absorption, Adsorption Kinetics, and Adsorption Competition Among Multiple Proteins in Solution

                Hyeran Noh, Naris Barnthip, Purnendu Parhi, and Erwin A. Vogler

13. Hyperspectral Microscopy for Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles in Biological Media and Cells for Toxicity Assessment

                Christin Grabinski, John Schlager, and Saber Hussain

14. Immunochemistry, Electron Tomography and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDXS) on Cryosections of Human Cancer Cells Doped with Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Nanogels Loaded with Iron Oxide Nanoparticles

                Roberto Marotta, A. Falqui, A. Curcio, A. Quarta, and Teresa Pellegrino

Part III. Implementing Bio-Nano Interfaces

15. Zwitterion Siloxane to Passivate Silica Against Non-Specific Protein Adsorption

                Zaki G. Estephan and Joseph B. Schlenoff

16. Preparation and Characterization of DNA Block Copolymer Assemblies Loaded with Nanoparticles

                Xi-Jun Chen, Robert J. Hickey, and So-Jung Park

17. Polyaspartic Acid Coated Iron Oxide Nanoprobes for PET/MRI Imaging

                Taku Cowger and Jin Xie

18. Ligand Synthesis and Passivation for Silver and Large Gold Nanoparticles for Single-Particle-Based Sensing and Spectroscopy

                Daniel Montiel, Emma V. Yates, Li Sun, Marissa M. Sampias, John Malona, Eirk J. Sorensen, and Haw Yang

19. Non-Covalent Intracellular Drug Delivery of Hydrophobic Drugs on Au NPs

                Tennyson Doane and Clemens Burda

20. Modification of Carbon Nanotubes for Gene Delivery Vectors

                Victor Ramos-Perez, Anna Cifuentes, Núria Coronas, Ana de Pablo, and Salvador Borrós

21. Lipid-Based Nanoparticles as Non-Viral Gene Delivery Vectors

                Daniele Pezzoli, Anna Kajaste-Rudnitski, Roberto Chiesa, and Gabriele Candiani

22. Stabilizing Gold Nanoparticle Bioconjugates in Physiological Conditions by PEGylation

                Joan Comenge and Victor F. Puntes