Physics Of Ionic Conduction In Narrow Biological And Artificial Channels

Author : Peter V E McClintock
Publisher : Mdpi AG
ISBN 13 : 9783036516462
Total Pages : 306 pages
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Download or read book Physics of Ionic Conduction in Narrow Biological and Artificial Channels- Publish written by Peter V E McClintock and published by Mdpi AG. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book reprints a set of important scientific papers applying physics and mathematics to address the problem of selective ionic conduction in narrow water-filled channels and pores. It is a long-standing problem, and an extremely important one. Life in all its forms depends on ion channels and, furthermore, the technological applications of artificial ion channels are already widespread and growing rapidly. They include desalination, DNA sequencing, energy harvesting, molecular sensors, fuel cells, batteries, personalised medicine, and drug design. Further applications are to be anticipated. The book will be helpful to researchers and technologists already working in the area, or planning to enter it. It gives detailed descriptions of a diversity of modern approaches, and shows how they can be particularly effective and mutually reinforcing when used together. It not only provides a snapshot of current cutting-edge scientific activity in the area, but also offers indications of how the subject is likely to evolve in the future.

Author : E.V. Mielczarek
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780883188552
Total Pages : 450 pages
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Author : Jean-Pierre Leburton
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031423364
Total Pages : 234 pages
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Author : Morton H. Friedman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387792406
Total Pages : 520 pages
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Download or read book Principles and Models of Biological Transport written by Morton H. Friedman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focus, Organization, and Content This book, like the first edition, deals with the mass transport processes that take place in living systems, with a focus on the normal behavior of eukaryotic cells and the - ganisms they constitute, in their normal physiological environment. As a consequence of this focus, the structure and content of the book differ from those of traditional transport texts. We do not start with the engineering principles of mass transport (which are well presented elsewhere) and then seek biological applications of these principles; rather, we begin with the biological processes themselves, and then - velop the models and analytical tools that are needed to describe them. This approach has several consequences. First of all, it drives the content of the text in a direction distinctively different from conventional transport texts. This is - cause the tools and models needed to describe complex biological processes are often different from those employed to describe more well-characterized inanimate systems. Many biological processes must still be described phenomenologically, using me- odologies like nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Simple electrical analogs employing a paucity of parameters can be more useful for characterization and prediction than complex theories based on the behavior of more well-defined systems on a laboratory bench. By allowing the biology to drive the choice of analysis tools and models, the latter are consistently presented in the context of real biological systems, and analysis and biology are interwoven throughout.

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Total Pages : 552 pages
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Author : Marvin Zelkowitz
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080545103
Total Pages : 350 pages
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Download or read book Advances in Computers written by Marvin Zelkowitz and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-09-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Computers covers new developments in computer technology. Most chapters present an overview of a current subfield within computers, with many citations, and often include new developments in the field by the authors of the individual chapters. Topics include hardware, software, theoretical underpinnings of computing, and novel applications of computers. This current volume includes six chapters on nanotechnology emphasizing its use in biological applications. The book series is a valuable addition to university courses that emphasize the topics under discussion in that particular volume as well as belonging on the bookshelf of industrial practitioners who need to implement many of the technologies that are described. Nanotechnology in biology Development of miniature computing devices Social and legal implications of nanotechnology

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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0123743966
Total Pages : 2785 pages
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Author : Frances M. Ashcroft
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0080535216
Total Pages : 505 pages
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Download or read book Ion Channels and Disease written by Frances M. Ashcroft and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1999-10-20 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ion channels are membrane proteins that act as gated pathways for the movement of ions across cell membranes. They play essential roles in the physiology of all cells. In recent years, an ever-increasing number of human and animal diseases have been found to result from defects in ion channel function. Most of these diseases arise from mutations in the genes encoding ion channel proteins, and they are now referred to as the channelopathies. Ion Channels and Disease provides an informative and up-to-date account of our present understanding of ion channels and the molecular basis of ion channel diseases. It includes a basic introduction to the relevant aspects of molecular biology and biophysics and a brief description of the principal methods used to study channelopathies. For each channel, the relationship between its molecular structure and its functional properties is discussed and ways in which genetic mutations produce the disease phenotype are considered. This book is intended for research workers and clinicians, as well as graduates and advanced undergraduates. The text is clear and lively and assumes little knowledge, yet it takes the reader to frontiers of what is currently known about this most exciting and medically important area of physiology. Introduces the relevant aspects of molecular biology and biophysics Describes the principal methods used to study channelopathies Considers single classes of ion channels with summaries of the physiological role, subunit composition, molecular structure and chromosomal location, plus the relationship between channel structure and function Looks at those diseases associated with defective channel structures and regulation, including mutations affecting channel function and to what extent this change in channel function can account for the clinical phenotype

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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128210222
Total Pages : 328 pages
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