The Physics of Living Processes A Mesoscopic Approach.

The Physics of Living Processes A Mesoscopic Approach.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waigh, Thomas Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2014.
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Subjects:
Mesoscopic phenomena (Physics)
Science.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • The Physics of Living Processes: A Mesoscopic Approach
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part I: Building Blocks
  • 1 Molecules
  • 1.1 Chemical Bonds and Molecular Interactions
  • 1.2 Chirality
  • 1.3 Proteins
  • 1.4 Lipids
  • 1.5 Nucleic Acids
  • 1.6 Carbohydrates
  • 1.7 Water
  • 1.8 Proteoglycans and Glycoproteins
  • 1.9 Viruses
  • 1.10 Other Molecules
  • Suggested Reading
  • Tutorial Questions 1
  • 2 Cells
  • 2.1 The First Cell
  • 2.2 Metabolism
  • 2.3 Central Dogma of Biology
  • 2.4 Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection
  • 2.5 Mutations and Cancer
  • 2.6 Prokaryotic Cells
  • 2.7 Eukaryotic Cells
  • 2.8 Chromosomes
  • 2.9 Cell Cycle
  • 2.10 Genetic Code
  • 2.11 Genetic Networks
  • 2.12 Human Genome Project
  • 2.13 Genetic Fingerprinting
  • 2.14 Genetic Engineering
  • 2.15 Tissues
  • 2.16 Cells as Experimental Models
  • 2.17 Stem Cells
  • Suggested Reading
  • Tutorial Questions 2
  • Part II Soft Condensed-Matter Techniques in Biology
  • 3 Introduction to Statistics in Biology
  • 3.1 Statistics
  • 3.2 Entropy
  • 3.3 Information
  • 3.4 Free Energy
  • 3.5 Partition Function
  • 3.6 Conditional Probability
  • 3.7 Networks
  • Suggested Reading
  • Tutorial Questions 3
  • 4 Mesoscopic Forces
  • 4.1 Cohesive Forces
  • 4.2 Hydrogen Bonding
  • 4.3 Electrostatics
  • 4.3.1 Unscreened Electrostatic Interactions
  • 4.3.2 Screened Electrostatic Interactions
  • 4.3.3 The Force Between Charged Aqueous Spheres
  • 4.4 Steric and Fluctuation Forces
  • 4.5 Depletion Forces
  • 4.6 Hydrodynamic Interactions
  • 4.7 Bell's Equation
  • 4.8 Direct Experimental Measurements
  • Suggested Reading
  • Tutorial Questions 4
  • 5 Phase Transitions
  • 5.1 The Basics
  • 5.2 Helix-Coil Transition
  • 5.3 Globule-Coil Transition
  • 5.4 Crystallisation
  • 5.5 Liquid-Liquid Demixing (Phase Separation)
  • Suggested Reading
  • Tutorial Questions 5
  • 6 Liquid Crystallinity
  • 6.1 The Basics
  • 6.2 Liquid Nematic-Smectic Transitions
  • 6.3 Defects
  • 6.4 More Exotic Possibilities for Liquid-Crystalline Phases
  • Suggested Reading
  • Tutorial Questions 6
  • 7 Motility
  • 7.1 Diffusion
  • 7.2 Low Reynolds Number Dynamics
  • 7.3 Motility of Cells and Micro-Organisms
  • 7.4 First-Passage Problem
  • 7.5 Rate Theories of Chemical Reactions
  • 7.6 Subdiffusion
  • Suggested Reading
  • Tutorial Questions 7
  • 8 Aggregating Self-Assembly
  • 8.1 Surface-Active Molecules (Surfactants)
  • 8.2 Viruses
  • 8.3 Self-Assembly of Proteins
  • 8.4 Polymerisation of Cytoskeletal Filaments (Motility)
  • Suggested Reading
  • Tutorial Questions 8
  • 9 Surface Phenomena
  • 9.1 Surface Tension
  • 9.2 Adhesion
  • 9.3 Wetting
  • 9.4 Capillarity
  • 9.5 Experimental Techniques
  • 9.6 Friction
  • 9.7 Adsorption Kinetics
  • 9.8 Other Physical Surface Phenomena
  • Suggested Reading
  • Tutorial Questions 9
  • 10 Biomacromolecules
  • 10.1 Flexibility of Macromolecules
  • 10.2 Good/Bad Solvents and the Size of Flexible Polymers
  • 10.3 Elasticity

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