nanobionics
Nanobionics is an interdisciplinary field that explores the integration of nanoscale materials and devices with biological systems to impart new capabilities or to study biological processes. The term describes efforts to extend or augment the function of living organisms by introducing nanostructures that can sense, communicate, or actuate at the cellular or tissue level. Nanobionics sits at the interface of nanotechnology and biology and is distinct from macro-scale bionics by focusing on nanoscale intervention and the resulting biohybrid systems.
Technologies include nanosensors based on carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, metallic nanoparticles, nanowires, and other nanostructured materials.
Applications span medical diagnostics and therapy, environmental monitoring, agricultural sensing, and neural or tissue interfaces. Researchers
Challenges include safety and toxicity of nanomaterials, biocompatibility and immune response, long-term stability, control over nano-bio
Overall, nanobionics remains an emerging area of research that envisions closer integration of nanoscale technology with