title: Recent patents in bionanotechnologies: nanolithography, bionanocomposites, cell-based computing and entropy production.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. blay@drexel.edu
authors.forename: Bradley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Layton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D032701:Biomimetics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000379:methods; D003205:Computing Methodologies; D019277:Entropy; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D010330:Patents as Topic; D013499:Surface Properties; D046888:Tissue Array Analysis / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials