Plenty of room for biology at the bottom : an introduction to bionanotechnology / / by Enud Gazit, Anna Mitraki

• Autore: Gazit Ehud
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Hackensack, New Jersey : , : Imperial College Press, , 2013
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Disciplina: 610.28
• Soggetto topico: Biomimetic materials; Biomimetics; Biomolecules; Biotechnology; Nanotechnology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: MitrakiAnna
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction: Nanobiotechnology and Bionanotechnology; 1.1. Classical Biotechnology: Industrial Production Using Biological Systems; 1.2. Modern Biotechnology: From Industrial Processes to Novel Therapeutics; 1.3. Modern Biotechnology: Immunological, Enzymatic, and Nucleic Acid-Based Technology; 1.4. The Interface Between Nanotechnology and Biotechnology: Bionanotechnology; 1.5. Supramolecular (Bio)Chemistry: The Theoretical Basis for Self-Assembly; 1.6. The Next Steps for Self-Association at the Nano-Scale ; 1.7. Biology in Nanotechnology and Nano-Sciences in Biotechnology1.8. The Combination of Bionanotechnology and Nanobiotechnology; 1.9. Nanobionics and Bio-Inspired Nanotechnology; Chapter 2 A Brief Introduction to Nanotechnology; 2.1. The Emergence of Nanotechnology: "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom"; 2.2. Coining the Term "Nanotechnology" and the Emergence of the Nanotechnology Concept; 2.3. Manipulating Molecules: The Scanning Probe Microscopes; 2.4. Carbon Fullerene: A New Form of Carbon; 2.5. Carbon Nanotubes: Key Building Blocks for Future Nanotechnological Applications ; 2.6. A Single Layer of Carbon: Graphene2.7. Non-Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerene-Like Material: The Inorganic Nanomaterials; 2.8. Quantum Dots and Other Nanoparticles; 2.9. Nanowires, Nanorods, and Other Nanomaterials; 2.10. Magnetic Nanoparticles; Chapter 3 Natural Biological Assembly at the Nanometric Scale; 3.1. The Process of Self-Assembly and Self-Organization in Biology; 3.2. Organization of Bacterial S-Layers; 3.3. Self-Organization of Viruses; 3.4. Self-Organization of Phospholipid Membranes; 3.5. Fibrillar Cytoskeleton Assemblies ; 3.6. Nucleic Acids: The Genetic Information Media and a Template for Nanotechnological Applications3.7. Oligosaccharides and Polysaccharides: Another Class of Biological Polymers; 3.8. Amyloid Fibrils as Self-Assembled Nano-Scale Bio-Assemblies; 3.9. Silk: Natural Fibrillar Supramolecular Protein Assembly; 3.10. Ribosome: The Protein Assembly Line Instrument; 3.11. Other Complex Machines in the Genetic Code Expression; 3.12. Protein Quality-Control Machinery: The Proteasome; 3.13. Biological Nano-Motors: Kinesin and Dynein; 3.14. Other Nano-Motors: Flagella and Cilia ; 3.15. Ion Channels: Nano-Pores of High SpecificityChapter 4 Nanometric Biological Assemblies: Molecular and Chemical Basis for Interaction; 4.1. Emergence of Biological Activity through Self-Assembly; 4.2. Molecular Recognition and Chemical Affinity; 4.3. Affinity and Specificity of Biological Interactions; 4.4. The Relation between Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Dissociation; 4.5. The Chemical Basis for Molecular Recognition and Specific Binding; 4.6. The Formation of Specific Complexes by an Increase in Entropy; Chapter 5 Molecular Recognition and the Assembly of Biological Structures ; 5.1. Antibodies as the Molecular Sensors of Recognition
• Sommario/riassunto: This expanded and updated edition of the 2007 version introduces readers from various backgrounds to the rapidly growing interface between biology and nanotechnology. It intellectually integrates concepts, applications, and outlooks from these major scientific fields and presents them to readers from diverse backgrounds in a comprehensive and didactic manner.Written by two leading nanobiologists actively involved at the forefront of the field both as researchers and educators, this book takes the reader from the fundamentals of nanobiology to the most advanced applications.The book fulfils a u
• Titolo autorizzato: Plenty of room for biology at the bottom
• ISBN: 1-84816-931-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452734803321
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