Synthetic Microstructures in Biological Research

1992
ISBN: 978-1-4899-1632-7
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 249 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 406 g

The Third International Conference on Synthetic Microstructures in Biological Research (SMIBR) was held in Williamsburg, Virginia, September 9-12, 1991. This book represents the compilation of many of the papers and posters presented at the meeting. Publications resulting from previous SMIBR meetings held at Airlie House, Airlie, Virginia (March 24-26, 1986 and March 20-23, 1988) can be obtained from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Service Center (908­ 562-5418). The purpose of these conferences is to provide an interface between the engineering community and those at the cutting edge of biological and related material science. The overriding motive for assembling representatives from these diverse disciplines is clear. Engineers, even in 1986, could manipulate materials over dimensional scales on the order of those critical to biological systems. The devices that emerge from these manipulations could then be tailored to monitor system function more directly with significantly more localization than ever before. Thus, one important goal of the meetings is to provide the detailed specifications required for effective interfacing of devices with biological systems under investiga­ tion.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schnur, J. M.

Peckerar, M.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biochemie (nichtmedizinisch)
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizintechnik, Biomedizintechnik, Medizinische Werkstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Fabrication.- Advanced Materials Processes for Bio-Probes.- Microdomains in Polymerizable Diacetylenic Phosphatidylcholine Monolayers.- The Effect of Modification of the Polar Headgroups of Acidic Diacetylenic Phospholipids on Their Bilayer Morphology.- Genetically Engineered Protein Pores as Components of Synthetic Microstructures.- Preparation and Characterization of Antibody Films on Lithium Niobate Surfaces.- Biological Microstructures in Biosensors.- Characterization.- How Well Can the Scanning Tunneling Microscope Distinguish Between Two Very Similar Molecules?.- Structural Characterization of Molecular Interface Layers Using Neutron and X-ray Reflectivity Techniques.- Imaging with the Brookhaven Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscope.- Scanning Electron Microscopy of Protein Monolayers on a Silicon Wafer.- Characterization of a ?-Glucan Particle Using the Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopes.- Biological Interfaces.- Specific Protein Binding to Functionalized Interfaces.- Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Genetically Engineered Cytochrome b5.- Laplacian Growth Models of Neural Connectivity.- Interferometric Investigations of Bilayer Lipid Membrane Deformation and Flexoelectricity.- Ion Percolation Through a Cubic Lipid/Water Phase.- Applications.- Artificially Induced Nerve Cell Patterning or Real Neural Networks.- Imaging and Characterization of Macromolecular Interface Structures for Whole Cell Biosensors.- Improving the Orientation of Nerve Regrowth with a Simple Device.- Contributors.