Compendium of biophysics / Andrey B. Rubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubin, A. B. (Andreĭ Borisovich), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (116 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey ; Beverly, Massachusetts : Scrivener Publishing : Wiley, 2017.

Summary:

The most thorough coverage of biophysics available, in a handy, easy-to-read volume, perfect as a reference for experienced engineers or as a textbook for the novice. Following up on his first book, Fundamentals of Biophysics, the author, a well-known scientist in this area, builds on that foundation by offering the biologist or scientist an advanced, comprehensive coverage of biophysics. Structuring the book into four major parts, he thoroughly covers the biophysics of complex systems, such as the kinetics and thermodynamic processes of biological systems, in the first part. The second part is dedicated to molecular biophysics, such as biopolymers and proteins, and the third part is on the biophysics of membrane processes. The final part is on photobiological processes. This ambitious work is a must-have for the veteran biologist, scientist, or chemist working in this field, and for the novice or student, who is interested in learning about biophysics. It is an emerging field, becoming increasingly more important, the more we learn about and develop the science. No library on biophysics is complete without this text and its precursor, both available from Wiley-Scrivener.

Contents:

Qualitative methods for studying dynamic models of biological processes

Types of dynamic behavior of biological systems

Kinetics of enzyme processes

Self-organization processes in distributed biological systems

Thermodynamics of irreversible processes in biological systems near equilibrium (linear thermodynamics)

Thermodynamics of systems far from equilibrium (nonlinear thermodynamics)

Three-dimensional configurations of polymer molecules

Different types of interactions in macromolecules

Conformational energy and three-dimensional structure of biopolymers

Protein dynamics

Physical models of dynamic mobility of proteins

Molecular organization of biological membranes

Conformational properties of membranes

Nonelectrolyte transport

Ion transport. ionic equilibria

Electrodiffusion theory of ion transport across membranes

Induced ion transport

Ion transport in channels

Ion transport in excitable membranes

Active transport

Electron transport and energy transformation in biomembranes

Physics of muscle contraction, actin-myosin molecular motor

Biophysics of processes of intracellular signaling

Fundamentals of quantum description of molecules

Mechanisms of charge transfer and energy migration in biomolecular structures

Mechanisms of enzyme catalysis

Energy transformation in primary processes of photosynthesis

Electron-conformational interactions in primary processes of photosynthesis

Photo-conversions of bacteriorhodopsin and rhodopsin

Photoregulatory and photodestructive processes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 12, 2017).

ISBN:

9781119160267

111916026X

9781119160274

1119160278

9781119160281

1119160286

OCLC:

988581048