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Modern Methods for Theoretical Physical Chemistry of Biopolymers provides an interesting selection of contributions from an international team of researchers in theoretical chemistry. This book is extremely useful for tackling the complicated scientific problems connected with biopolymers' physics and chemistry. The applications of both the classical molecular-mechanical and molecular-dynamical methods and the quantum chemical methods needed for bridging the gap to structural and dynamical properties dependent on electron dynamics are explained. Also included are ways to deal with complex problems when all three approaches need to be considered at the same time. The book gives a rich spectrum of applications: from theoretical considerations of how ATP is produced and used as 'energy currency' in the living cell, to the effects of subtle solvent influence on properties of biopolymers and how structural changes in DNA during single-molecule manipulation may be interpreted. · Presents modern successes and trends in theoretical physical chemistry/chemical physics of biopolymers· Topics covered are of relevant importance to rapidly developing areas in science such as nanotechnology and molecular medicine· Quality selection of contributions from renowned scientists in the field
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Modern Methods for Theoretical Physical Chemistry of Biopolymers by Evgeni Starikov (Editor), James P. Lewis (Editor), Shigenori Tanaka (Editor)
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Pub. Date: August 2006 ISBN: 0444522204 Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology Books
List of Contributors
Shinji Amari Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan J. F. R. Archilla Group of Nonlinear Physics, Departamento de Física Aplicada I, ETSI Informática, University of Sevilla, Avda Reina Mercedes, s/n. 41012, Sevilla, Spain David N. Beratan Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, U.S.A. F. Matthias Bickelhaupt Afdeling Theoretische Chemie, Scheikundig Laboratorium der Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1083, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands Johan Bredenberg Karolinska Institutet, Department of Biosciences, Center for Structural Biochemistry, Hälsovägen 7, SE-141 57 Huddinge, Sweden Ralf Bulla Theoretische Physik III, Universität Augsburg, D-86135, Augsburg, Germany Arrigo Calzolari National Centre on nanoStructures and bioSystems at Surfaces (S3) of INFM-CNR, c/o Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/A, 41100 Modena, Italy Hiroshi Chuman Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, 770-8505, Japan Peter Claiden Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK Daniel L. Cox Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A. v
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Tobias Cramer Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 23a, D-79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Jane Crawshaw Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK Gianaurelio Cuniberti Institut für Theoretische Physik Korrelationen und Magnetismus, Universität Regensburg, D-93040, Regensburg, Germany Martin Dahlberg Division of Physical Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, S 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden Owen R. Davies School of Physics and Astronomy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 3YB, UK James Elliott Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK Robert G. Endres Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-1014, U.S.A; and NEC Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ 08540 U.S.A. Dmitri G. Fedorov National Institute of Advanced Industria