Single Molecules and Nanotechnology
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
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R. Rigler H. Vogel (Eds.)
Single Molecules and Nanotechnology
Springer Series in Biophysics 12
R. Rigler
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H. Vogel
Editors
Single Molecules and Nanotechnology
Professor Dr. Rudolf Rigler Laboratory of Medical Biophysics, MBB Karolinska Institute S-171 77 Stockolm Sweden Professor Dr. Horst Vogel Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Membranes Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland
ISSN 0932-2353 ISBN: 978-3-540-73923-4
e-ISBN: 978-3-540-73924-1
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Preface
The investigation of molecules as individuals has grown rapidly in recent years, and in the process has uncovered molecular properties not normally accessible by ensemble experiments. In particular, the direct characterization of biologically important molecules such as enzymes, molecular motors, or receptors and entire signaling complexes in action, for example in a live biological cell, yielded unexpected insights. Common approaches for studying single molecules include the electrical detection of ion channels in membranes, the measurement of the dynamics of (bio)chemical reactions between individual molecules, the imaging of individual molecules by scanning probe techniques or by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, and the direct monitoring of single molecules by optical microscopies, to mention a few. The application of these techniques in physics, chemistry, and biology has opened new areas of nanotechnology. This book provides a representative selection of recent developments in the rapidly evolving field of single molecule techniques of importance in life sciences and will have future impact on the quantitative description of biological processes. The editors of this book hope that the chapters, written by leading scientists in the field, will attract students and scientists from different disciplines, provide them with an authentic insight into this young field of research, allow them to evaluate experimenta
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