Physics of biomaterials : fluctuations, selfassembly, and evolution
- Title
- Physics of biomaterials : fluctuations, selfassembly, and evolution / edited by T. Riste and D. Sherrington.
- Published by
- Dordrecht ; Boston, Mass : Kluwer Academic, [1996], ©1996.
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- Description
- xvii, 378 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Series statement
- NATO ASI series. Series E, Applied sciences ; v. 322
- Uniform title
- NATO ASI series. Series E, Applied sciences ; no. 322.
- Subject
- Contents
- Introduction to the physics of biomaterials: The role of membranes / P. Pincus -- What does neutron spectroscopy tell on the dynamics of amphiphilic layers? / D. Richter -- Physical aspects of adhesion of leukocytes / R. Bruinsma -- Membrane-associated-proteins: Self-assembly, interactions, and biomolecular materials / C. R. Safinya and Yi Shen -- Collective phenomena in mitosis: A physicist's perspective / S. Leibler -- Mechanical forces in the biological world / D. Kuchnir Fygenson, L. Eourdieu, L. Faucheux and A. Libchaber -- A biosensor that monitors mammalian cells with electrical fields / I. Giaever and C. R. Keese -- Knots and applications to biology, chemistry and physics / A. T. Skjeltorp, S. Clausen, G. Helgesen and P. Pieranski -- Statistical and linguistic features of DNA sequences / H. E. Stanley, S. V. Buldyrev, A. L. Goldberger, S. Havlin, R. N. Mantegna, C.-K. Peng and M. Simons -- The basics of protein folding physics / P. G. Wolynes --
- Evolutionary mechanisms involved in the formation of tandem repetitive non-coding DNA / K. S. Jakobsen, J. E. Stacy, U. H. Refseth and M. Thoresen -- Molecular evolutionary biology / P. Schuster and W. Gruner -- Fitness landscapes and evolution / L. Peliti -- Statistical physics of neural networks / D. Sherrington -- The evolution of complexity in metazoans / J. W. Valentine -- Extremal dynamics and punctuated equilibrium in co-evolution / K. Sneppen and M. H. Jensen.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Note
- "Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Institute on Physics of Biomaterials: Fluctuations, Selfassembly and Evolution Geilo, Norway, March 27-April 6, 1995"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.