Progress in biopolymer research

Progress in biopolymer research.

Ed. by Pablo C. Sanchez.

Nova Science Publishers

2007

276 pages

$129.00

Hardcover

QP801

This book presents current research on biopolymers, a special class of polymers produced by living organisms, from researchers in the US, the Czech Republic, Japan, Italy, and Brazil. Chapter topics include rheological and mechanical properties of biologically inspired nanocomposites, thermodynamics of a beta-hairpin to coil transition, water soluble and insoluble alkylderivatives of hyaluronic acid, and biochemical and biophysical bases of genome folding mechanisms. Other subjects include a statistical mechanics designed for biopolymers, chemically modified silk fibroins for biomedical applications, optical anisotropy properties and structural characteristics of wrap- around chicken tendons, and Ca-polygalacturonate as a useful model to study the interaction of ions at the soil-root interface. B&w and color images are included. Information on the editor is not given.

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