Bionanotechnology proteins to nanodevices /

Bionanotechnology is the key integrative technology of the 21st century and aims to use the knowledge, gathered from the natural construction of cellular systems, for the advancement of science and engineering. Investigating the topology and communication processes of cell parts can lead to inventio...

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Other Authors: Renugopalakrishnan, Vencatesan., Lewis, Randolph V., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, ©2006.
Dordrecht : [2006]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages) : illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Design principles for self-assembling devices from macromolecules
  • Metalloprotein-based electronic nanodevices
  • Mechanical consequences of biomolecular gradients in byssal threads
  • Bacteriorhodopsin-based 3D optical memory
  • Spider silk production
  • A projection display based on a bacteriorhodopsin thin film
  • The role of collagen in energy storage and dissipation in extracellular matrix
  • Enhancement of protein thermal stability: toward the design of robust proteins for bionanotechnological applications
  • Deciphering engineering principles for the design of protein-based nanomachines
  • Bioprocessing of silk proteins-controlling assembly
  • Nanobiotechnology enables new opportunities in material sciences: bacteriorhodopsin as a first exampple
  • Synthetic photorefractive and photochromic materials and their comparison with bacteriorhodopsin mutants for optical information processing
  • Submonolayer measurements of adsorbed proteins in microfluidic channels
  • Programs of the european commission on organic materials for the electronics industry
  • Biodiversity: an archive of opportunity for nanodevices.