Chemical Kinetics, Stochastic Processes, and Irreversible Thermodynamics

• Main Author: Santillán, Moisés (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Lecture Notes on Mathematical Modelling in the Life Sciences,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Chemometrics.; Probabilities.; Biomathematics.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Math. Applications in Chemistry.

This book brings theories in nonlinear dynamics, stochastic processes, irreversible thermodynamics, physical chemistry, and biochemistry together in an introductory but formal and comprehensive manner.  Coupled with examples, the theories are developed stepwise, starting with the simplest concepts a...

Table of Contents:

• Brief Introduction to Chemical Kinetics
• Brief Introduction to Thermodynamics
• Different Approaches to Analyzing a Simple Chemical Reaction
• Molecule Synthesis and Degradation
• Enzymatic Reactions
• Receltor-Ligand Interaction
• Cooperativity
• Gene Expression and Regulation
• Ion Channel Dynamics and Ion Transport Across Memberanes
• References
• Index.