The World of Nano-Biomechanics
eBook - PDF

The World of Nano-Biomechanics

Mechanical Imaging and Measurement by Atomic Force Microscopy

  1. 300 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The World of Nano-Biomechanics

Mechanical Imaging and Measurement by Atomic Force Microscopy

About this book

By using nanotechnological methods, we can now poke around protein molecules, genes, membranes, cells and more. Observation of such entities through optical and electron microscopes tempt us to touch and manipulate them. It is now possible to do so, and scientists around the world have started pulling, pushing and cutting small structures at the base of life processes to understand the effect of our hand work.The book describes the physical properties of such life supporting structures from the molecular level with a special emphasis on their designs based on the mechanical strength and flexibility, membrane and other biological nanostructures.- Describes the basic mechanical features of proteins, DNA, cell membrane and other biological nanostructures - Explains the basic concepts and mathematics of elementary mechanics needed to understand and perform experimental work

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The World of Nano-Biomechanics
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1. Force in Biology
  8. Chapter 2. Introduction to Basic Mechanics
  9. Chapter 3. Force and Force Measurement Apparatuses
  10. Chapter 4. Polymer Chain Mechanics
  11. Chapter 5. Interaction Forces
  12. Chapter 6. Single-Molecular Interaction Forces
  13. Chapter 7. Single-molecule DNA and RNA Mechanics
  14. Chapter 8. Single-molecule Protein Mechanics
  15. Chapter 9. Motion in Nano-biology
  16. Chapter 10. Cell Mechanics
  17. Chapter 11. Manipulation at the Molecular Level
  18. Chapter 12. Finite Element Analysis of Microscopic Biological Structures
  19. Appendix 1. Beam Bending
  20. Appendix 2. V-shaped Cantilever
  21. Appendix 3. Persistence Length and Kuhn Statistical Segment
  22. Appendix 4. Hertz Model
  23. Index