Physical chemistry of biological interfaces
By: edited by Adam Baszkin, Willem Norde.
Contributors: Baszkin, Adam, 1935-; Norde, Willem, 1944-
Publisher: M. Dekker
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 836
Subjects: Biological interfaces.; Physical biochemistry.
Description: "This reference introduces the most important fundamental concepts of physicochemical interface science and describes experimental techniques and applications of surface science in relation to biological systems - exploring artificial assemblies of lipids, proteins, and polysaccharides that perform novel functions that living systems cannot duplicate."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Interfacial thermodynamics with special reference to biological systems; title: Ch. 2. Electrostatic and electrodynamic properties of biological interphases; title: Ch. 3. Interfacial interactions; title: Ch. 4. Proteins at solid surfaces; title: Ch. 5. Proteins at liquid interfaces; title: Ch. 6. Polysaccharides at interfaces; title: Ch. 7. Structure and properties of membranes; title: Ch. 8. Attempts to mimic biomembrane processes: recognition- and organization-induced functions in biological and synthetic supramolecular systems; title: Ch. 9. Self-assemblies of biomembrane mimics.; title: Ch. 10. Biosimulation with liposomes and lipid monolayers; title: Ch. 11. Enzymatic reactions at interfaces: interfacial and temporal organization of enzymatic lipolysis; title: Ch. 12. Mimicking physics of cell adhesion; title: Ch. 13. Physicochemistry of microbial adhesion from an overall approach to the limits; title: Ch. 14. Cell-cell interactions; title: Ch. 15. Axisymmetric drop shape analysis; title: Ch. 16. Brewster angle microscopy; title: Ch. 17. Ellipsometry; title: Ch. 18. The application of neutron and x-ray specular reflection to proteins at interfaces.; title: Ch. 19. Time-resolved fluorescence techniques applied to biological interfaces; title: Ch. 20. Circular dichroism of proteins in solution and at interfaces; title: Ch. 21. Infrared spectroscopy of biophysical monomolecular films at interfaces: theory and applications; title: Ch. 22. Fluorescence microscopy for studying biological model systems: phospholipid monolayers and chiral discrimination effects; title: Ch. 23. Scanning force microscopy in biology; title: Ch. 24. Cryo-transmission electron microscopy.