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"Provides a physical interpretation of the data obtained in macromolecular transport phenomena in a given system and also addresses some important issues and concepts related to biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids"--
List of contents
List of figures; Preface; 1. Essential thermodynamic and statistical concepts; 2. Polymer structure and nomenclature; 3. Polymer solutions; 4. Phase stability and phase transitions; 5. Static properties of single chains; 6. Diffusion; 7. Viscosity of polymer solutions; 8. Sedimentation; 9. Concentration regimes and scaling; 10. Internal dynamics; 11. Dynamics in polymer gels; 12. Molecular biophysics; 13. Structure of biopolymers; 14. Physics of proteins; 15. Physics of nucleic acids; 16. Special topics; Index.
About the author
Himadri B. Bohidar is an established researcher in the field of polymer science and molecular biophysics, and has 23 years of teaching experience. He has pursued research work for more than eight years at various universities including Purdue University, USA; the University of Oslo, Norway; the University of Grenoble, France; and the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has given many invited talks at scientific conferences, both national and international, and is co-editor of the book Polymer Gels: Fundamentals and Applications (2002). Presently, he is working as Chairperson of the Special Center for Nanosciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
