This book reviews the latest advances in the development of silicon nano-biotechnology for
biological and biomedical applications which include biosensing bioimaging and cancer
therapy. In this book newly developed silicon nano-biotechnology and its biomedical
applications are systematically introduced. For instance fluorescent silicon nanoparticles
serving as novel high-performance biological nanoprobes are superbly suited to real-time and
long-term bioimaging. Silicon nanowire-based sensing platform is especially capable of
sensitive specific and multiplexed detection of various biological species. Silicon-based
nanocarriers with ultra-high drug-loading capacity are highly efficacious for in vitro and in
vivo cancer therapies. This book is intended for readers who are interested in the design of
functional silicon nanostructures and their biological and biomedical applications. It uses
silicon nanoparticles and silicon nanowires as models and discusses topics ranging from their
synthesis to their biological applications the goal being to highlight these exciting
achievements as starting points in the field of silicon nano-biotechnology. Yao He is a
Professor at Institute of Functional Nano&Soft Materials (FUNSOM) Soochow University China.
Yuanyuan Su is an Associate Professor at Institute of Functional Nano&Soft Materials (FUNSOM)
Soochow University China.
