The interface between biological and non-biological worlds becomes increasingly blurred due to significant advances in our understanding of biological phenomena and the development of sophisticated means to manipulate molecular systems for varied applications. This book methodically describes artificial and synthetic assemblies mimicking biological and living systems - from biomaterials to drug discovery to microelectronics and computer sciences.

Professor Dr. Raz Jelinek, currently at the department of chemistry at Ben Gurion University, Israel, obtained his BSc in chemistry from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. He was a Cancer Research Institute post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, and has been a Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Professor Jelinek has over 100 scientific publications and 10 patents to his name, and has received several scientific awards, including the Roger-Siegel-Brown Award of the Israeli Academy of Science and the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award of the National Institutes of Health, USA.