Single Molecules and Nanotechnology

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rigler, R. (Editor), Vogel, H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Springer Series in Biophysics, 12
• Subjects: Engineering.; Physical chemistry.; Biochemistry.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Nanotechnology.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Biochemistry, general.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Physical Chemistry.

This book focuses on recent advances in the rapidly evolving field of single molecule research. These advances are of importance for the investigation of biopolymers and cellular biochemical reactions, and are essential to the development of quantitative biology. Written by leading experts in the fi...

Table of Contents:

• Nanophotonics and Single Molecules
• Single Biomolecules at Cryogenic Temperatures: From Structure to Dynamics
• Quantum Optics: Colloidal Fluorescent Semiconductor Nanocrystals (Quantum Dots) in Single-Molecule Detection and Imaging
• Scanning Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
• Single-Molecule Imaging of Cellular Signaling
• Mobility and Signaling of Single Receptor Proteins
• Single Enzyme Kinetics: A Study of the Yeast Enzyme Candida Antarctica Lipase B
• Protein Folding and Dynamics from Optical Single Molecule Spectroscopy
• Single Molecules and Nanoscale Surfactant Networks
• Single-Molecule Covalent Chemistry in a Protein Nanoreactor
• Single-Molecule Microscopy and Force Spectroscopy of Membrane Proteins.