Download or read book Nanofabrication and Biosystems: Frontiers and Challenges written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conference has two complementary themes. The first theme Is the emerging trend In the application of micro- and nanofabricated devices to learn more about biological systems. The materials and physics research community has developed powerful and sophisticated methods of probing the electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties of materials on a micro scale. These techniques are beginning to be employed for biological measurements. For example, devices have been fabricated to selectively orient neurons, to elucidate how both fungal and mammalian cells perceive topographical signals, to record action potentials non-invasively from individual cells, and to determine what surface features promote cell and tissue compatibility to biomedical implants.