Описание:Lectures cover broad range of various nanostructures that can be used in biomedical research and medical applications. Lectures are devoted to (1) plasmonic silver and gold nanoparticles and nanostructured surfaces that are used for the enhancement of Raman scattering of biomolecules in solutions or inside living cells or isolated functional organelles; (2) plasmonic metallic films to monitor ligand-receptor interactions and (3) nanostructures for the drug delivery and drug penetration through blood-brain barrier. For all types of nanostructures the detailed review is given about the synthesis and characterization of nanostructures, experimental methods that imploy nanostructures and examples of biomedical applications.