World of Nano-Biomechanics

Informationen zum Autor Professor Atsushi Ikai graduated from the University of Tokyo with a BS in Biophysics and Biochemistry in 1965. He obtained his PhD in Physical Biochemistry from Duke University in 1971. He worked in protein denaturation and renaturation and then returned to the University of Tokyo to continue his work on protein science. He was appointed Professor of Biodynamics at Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1989. He has published 300 articles in international scientific journals.

List of contents

1. Force in Biology2. Introduction to Basic Mechanics3. Force Measurement and Mechanical Imaging Apparatuses4. Interaction Forces5. Polymer Chain Mechanics6. Analysis of Data Gleaned by Atomic-Force Microscopy7. Single-Molecular Interaction8. Single-Molecule DNA and RNA Mechanics9. Single-Molecule Protein Mechanics10. Nanomechanics of Motion-Supporting Molecular Systems11. Finite-Element Analysis of Microbiological Structures12. Nanomechanical Bases of Cell Structure13. Nanorheology of Living Cells14. Molecular and Cellular Manipulations for Future Nanomedicine

Product details

• Authors: Atsushi Ikai, Ikai Atsushi
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2016, delayed
• EAN: 9780444636867
• ISBN: 978-0-444-63686-7
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; SCIENCE / Applied Sciences, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Nanotechnology & MEMS, SCIENCE / Nanoscience, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biophysics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Research, Nanotechnology, Medical physics, Biophysics, Nanosciences