Biman Bagchi

Water in Biological and Chemical Processes

From Structure and Dynamics to Function

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A unified overview of the dynamical properties of water and its unique and diverse role in biological and chemical processes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 180mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 885g
• ISBN-13: 9781107037298
• ISBN-10: 1107037298
• Artikelnr.: 39630674

Autorenporträt

Biman Bagchi is a Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences, The National Academy of Sciences, India, and TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Bulk Water: 1. Uniqueness of water
2. Anomalies of water
3. Dynamics of water: molecular motions and hydrogen bond breaking kinetics
4. Inherent structures of liquid water
5. pH of water
Part II. Water in Biology: Dynamical View and Function: 6. Biological water
7. Explicit role of water in biological functions
8. Hydration of proteins
9. Can we understand protein hydration layer: lessons from computer simulations
10. Water in and around DNA and RNA
11. Role of water in protein-DNA interaction
12. Water surrounding lipid bilayers
13. Water in Darwin's world
Part III. Water in Complex Chemical Systems: 14. Hydrophilic effects
15. Hydrophobic effects
16. Aqueous binary mixtures: amphiphilic effect
17. Water in and around micelles, reverse micelles and microemulsions
18. Water in carbon nanotubes
Part IV. Bulk Water: Advanced Topics: 19. Entropy of water
20. Freezing of water into ice
21. Supercritical water
22. Microscopic approaches to understand water anomalies.