9781107058705

NEW NEW NEW NEW Size : 240mm x 185mm • Pages : xxii+322pp

• Year : 2015 • Binding : Hardback • ISBN : 9781107058705 • Price ` 895.00 only

Fundamentals of Polymer Physics and Molecular Biophysics Himadri B. Bohidar Himadri B. Bohidar is Professor and Chairperson at the Special Center for Nanosciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Fundamentals of Polymer Physics and Molecular Biophysics

The book will be useful to students and researchers in the areas of polymer physics, biophysics and molecular biophysics.

Material scientists, chemical and polymer engineers will also find it useful.

Himadri B. Bohidar

CONTENTS

Macromolecules in solutions can be distinctly characterized by their transport behaviour in the solution phase. The study of the transport processes includes diffusion coefficient, sedimentation coefficient, intrinsic viscosity and friction constant. The question then arises as to how to explicitly characterize the macromolecules from the data of coefficients?

The book answers this question in a systematic manner. It provides a physical interpretation of the data obtained in macromolecular transport phenomena in a given system and also addresses some important issues and concepts related to biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids. The application of concepts like conformational properties and salient physicochemical features of protein and nucleic acids is also elucidated in the book.

List of figures Preface 1. Essential thermodynamic and statistical concepts 2. Polymer structure and nomenclature 3. Polymer solutions 4. Phase stability and phase transitions 5. Static properties of single chains 6. Diffusion 7. Viscosity of polymer solutions 8. Sedimentation 9. Concentration regimes and scaling 10. Internal dynamics 11. Dynamics in polymer gels 12. Molecular biophysics 13. Structure of biopolymers 14. Physics of proteins 15. Physics of nucleic acids 16. Special topics Index

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