Applied Biophysics: A Molecular Approach for Physical ScientistsThis book presents the fundamentals of molecular biophysics, and highlights the connection between molecules and biological phenomena, making it an important text across a variety of science disciplines. The topics covered in the book include:
The physical toolbox presented within this text will form a basis for students to enter into a wide range of pure and applied bioengineering fields in medical, food and pharmaceutical areas. |
Contents
| 1 | |
2 Mesoscopic Forces | 25 |
3 Phase Transitions | 49 |
4 Liquid Crystallinity | 77 |
5 Motility | 107 |
6 Aggregating SelfAssembly | 129 |
7 Surface Phenomena | 151 |
8 Biomacromolecules | 171 |
11 Continuum Mechanics | 253 |
12 Biorheology | 267 |
13 Experimental Techniques | 293 |
14 Motors | 339 |
15 Structural Biomaterials | 355 |
16 Phase Behaviour of DNA | 377 |
Appendix | 389 |
Answers to Tutorial Questions | 391 |
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