Nanostructure design : methods and protocols / edited by Ehud Gazit, Ruth Nussinov.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gazit, Ehud.

Nussinov, Ruth.

Series:

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 474.

Methods in molecular biology, 1064-3745 ; 474

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nanostructures.

Nanotechnology--methods.

Molecular biology--Technique.

Molecular biology.

Medical Subjects:

Nanostructures.

Nanotechnology--methods.

Physical Description:

xiii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Totowa, N.J. : Humana, [2008]

Summary:

As one of the fastest growing fields of research in the 21st century, nanotechnology is sure to have an enormous impact on many aspects of our lives. Nanostructure Design: Methods and Protocols serves as a major reference for theoretical and experimental considerations in the design of biological and bio-inspired building blocks, the physical characterization of the formed structures, and the development of their technical applications. The chapters contributed by leading experts are divided into two sections, the first of which covers experimental aspects of nanostructure design and the second delves into computational methods. As a volume of the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, this collection pulls together cutting-edge protocols, written in a step-by-step, readily reproducible format certain to guide researchers to the desired results. Comprehensive and essential, Nanostructure Design: Methods and Protocols uses biological principles and vehicles on design to aid scientists in the great challenges still ahead.

Contents:

Molecular design of performance proteins with repetitive sequences, recombinant flagelliform spider silk as basis for biomaterials / Charlotte Vendrely, ... [et al.]

Creation of hybrid nanorods from sequences of natural trimeric fibrous proteins using the fibritin trimerization motif / Katerina Papanikolopoulou, Mark J. van Raaij, Anna Mitraki

Leucine zipper as a building block for self-assembled protein fibers / Maxim G Ryadnov, David Papapostolou, Derek N Woolfson

Biomimetic synthesis of bimorphic nanostructures / Joseph M. Slocik, Rajesh R. Naik

Synthesis and primary characterization of self-assembled peptide-based hydrogels / Radhika P. Nagarkar and Joel P. Schneider

Periodic assembly of nanospecies on repetitive DNA sequences generated on gold nanoparticles by rolling circle amplification / Weian Zhao, Michael A. Brook, Yingfu Li

Protocols for the In Silico design of RNA nanostructures / Bruce A. Shapiro, ... [et al.]

Self-assembly of fused homo-oligomers to create nanotubes / Idit Buch, ... [et al.]

Computational methods in nanostructure design, replica exchange simulations of self-assembling peptides / Giovanni Bellesia, Sotiria Lampoudi, Joan-Emma Shea

Modeling amyloid fibril formation / Maarten G. Wolf, Jeroen van Gestel, Simon W. de Leeuw

Computer modeling in biotechnology / Aleksei Aksimentiev, ... [et al.]

What can we learn from highly-connected [beta]-rich structures for structural interface design / Ugur Emekli, ... [et al.].

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781934115350

1934115355

9781597454803

159745480X

OCLC:

226976464