附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-266).
Cover -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 ACTIVE BIOELEMENTS -- Organic compounds -- Proteins -- Recombinant Proteins -- Lipids -- DNA -- Whole cells -- 3 TECHNOLOGIES -- Langmuir-Blodgett and its modifications -- Film Characterization -- Langmuir-Blodgett Method -- Langmuir-Schaefer Method -- Is the Solution Structure and Function Preserved at the Air- Water Interface? -- Self -- Assembly -- High Density Subphase Method -- Lipid Monolayer Method -- Scanning microscopy -- Basic Principles of STM -- Basic Principles of AFM -- Imaging Biopolymers and Biostructures -- Biomolecular Information Read-out and Interfacing -- Molecular Manipulation -- Light-Directed Chemical Synthesis -- Ab Initio Molecular Design -- Multiple Electron Transfer Pathways -- Self-Exchange -- Cross-Exchange -- 4 BIOELECTRONIC MATERIALS -- Heat-Proof and Long Range Storage Thin Protein Films -- Structure and Function -- Electron Transfer and Redox -- Role of Water and 2D Order -- Thermostable Thin Lipid Films -- Alternating Bilayers of Valinomycin and Chemically Modified Bipolar Lipids from Archaea -- Fullerene and Other Organic Thin Films -- Deposition of Uniform Fullerene Films by LB Technique -- HeptadecyIcarboxymethyI-BEDT-TTF -- Conductive LB Films -- 2D Crystals -- Understanding 2D Crystallization -- Assisting 2D CrystaIIiziltion -- LB Thin Films Versus 2D Crystal Arrays -- Long Range Storage and theriiial stability -- Array Homogeneity and Size -- Recombinant versus Wild type -- 5 BIOELECTRONIC SENSORS -- Transducers and Biosensing Elements -- Electrochemical Transduction -- Optical Transduction -- Piezoelectric Transducers -- Calorimetric Transducers -- Integration of Transducers and Bio-Elements -- The PAB System -- Modelling of the Transducer Response -- Experimental Set-Up -- Applications -- Future Perspective -- 6 BIOELECTRONIC MOLECULAR DEVICES -- Monoelectronic Transistors -- Bioactuators -- Photovoltaic Cells -- DNA and Peptide Sequenci
摘要:Molecular bioelectronics is a field in strong evolution at the frontier of life and materials sciences. The term is utilized in a broad context to emphasize a unique blend of electronics and biotechnology which is seen as the best way to achieve many objectives of industrial and scientific relevance, including biomolecular engineering, bioelectronic devices, materials and sensors capable of optimal hardware efficiency and intelligence and molecular miniaturization.