Meet the editor

Dr. Ruby Srivastava, a theoretical physicist, is working as a principal investigator on her third project with CSIR-Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, under the DST WOS-A scheme. After fifteen years in teaching, she pursued her PhD in 2010 and began her research career with CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT). She has published several solo author papers, review articles, seven book chapters, and

has served as an editor for many book projects. Her book *Nanostructured Solar Cells* was selected by the Book Citation Index (BKCI) in Web of Science™ Core Collection. One of her journal publications is rated number one among the top 20 papers, and two of her publications have been selected for Longuet-Higgins Early Career Researcher Prizes. She is a reviewer for leading publishing journals and is rated as 0.01% most-read authors by Academia.edu.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

*by Ruby Srivastava*

*by Kangjun Bai and Yang Yi*

Introductory Chapter: DNA as Nanowires

Bioactive Devices for Hard Tissue Regeneration

Chip-Based Disease Diagnostic Platforms

*by Ezekiel O. Adekanmbi and Soumya K. Srivastava*

**Preface III**

Bioactive Devices for Technological Applications **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 11** Opening the "Black Box" of Silicon Chip Design in Neuromorphic Computing

Bioactive Devices for Medical Applications **31**

**Chapter 3 33** Nature-Inspired Processes and Structures: New Paradigms to Develop Highly

**Chapter 4 55**

*by Lorenzo Preti, Barbara Lambiase, Elisabetta Campodoni, Monica Sandri,* 

*Andrea Ruffini, Nicola Pugno, Anna Tampieri and Simone Sprio*

Applications of Electrokinetics and Dielectrophoresis on Designing
