From Neural Networks and Biomolecular Engineering to Bioelectronics

ISBN-13: 9780306449079 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 251 str.

Claudio Nicolini; C. Nicolini

Opis

This volume represents the fIrst of a series of proceedings of the EL.B.A. Forum on Bioelectronics, a scientifIc discipline at the frontiers of Advanced Electronics and Biotechnology. The name for these forums derives not only from the place (the Isle of Elba in Italy), where the conferences have been held every 6 months since 1991, but also from an acronym: Electronics and Biotechnology Advanced. Bioelectronics is intended as "the use of biological materials and biological architectures for information processing and sensing systems and devices down to molecular level" and focuses its attention on three major areas: I New hardware architectures borrowed from the thorough study of brain and sensory systems down to the molecular level, utilizing existing semiconductor inorganic materials (both GaAs and Si) and giga-scale integration; II Protein Engineering, especially of systems involved in electron transfer and molecular recognition, integrated with Metabolism and Chemical Engineering, to develop new biomaterials by learning basic rules of macromolecular folding and self-assembly; m Sensors, thin film and electronic devices utilizing organic compounds and biopolymers, and by implementing nanotechnology bottom up through manufacturing and characterization at the atomic level.

Spis treści

Introduction. From Protein Engineering and Neural Networks to Bioelectronics; C. Nicolini. Smart Vision Chips in CCD and CCD/CMOS Technologies; G. Soncini, et al. Ion Sensitivie Field Effect Transistors: Basic Principles and Fabrication Technology; G. Soncini, et al. Computational Properties of Retinal Rod Photoreceptors; G.M. Ratto, et al. Structure-Function Relationships in Human Growth Hormone: Theoretical and Genetic Engineering Study; M.P. Kirpichnikov, et al. Proteins and Enzymes from Extremophiles: Academical and Industrial Prospects; M. Rossi. Electron Transfer from Bacterial Dehydrogenases; J.A. Duine. The Use of Paramagnetic Probes for NMR Investigation of Biomolecular Structures and Interactions; M. Scarselli, et al. Use of Molecular Dynamics for the Reconstruction of Complete Structures: A Study on Thioredoxin; E.A. Carrara, et al. Enzyme Bioamplification; A. Rigo, M. Scarpa. From Molecular Characterization to Molecular Manufacturing; C. Nicolini. Building Up Supramolecular Edifices Dedicated to a Specific Function; A. Barraud. Structural Properties of Monolayers and Langmuir-Boldgett Films by Xray Scattering Techniques; F. Rustichelli. 7 additional articles. Index.