Essays about: "molecular self-assembly"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words molecular self-assembly.

  1. 6. Amyloid Nucleation in Presence of Crowders

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation; Lunds universitet/Beräkningsbiologi och biologisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Jonas Wessén; [2014]
    Keywords : nucleation; molecular self-assembly; protein physics; statistical mechanics; thermodynamics; fibrilation kinetics; Monte Carlo; Huntington s; Parkinson s; Alzheimer s; molecular crowding; amyloid fibrils; amyloid; protein aggregation; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : During the last few years, crowding effects on the physics of proteins has become an increasingly popular topic of research. This is is because most biological processes involving proteins naturally take place in a crowded environment, e.g. in the cellular environment where macromolecules may occupy 30% of the volume. READ MORE

  3. 7. Computer-aided Design of Polyhedral DNA Nanostructures

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT)

    Author : Pavan Kumar Areddy; [2012]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : For the past three decades DNA has been exploited as building material for programmable self-assembly of diverse supramolecular architectures. Since 2006, DNA origami method offers a bottom-up route to fabricate nanometer-scale objects with molecular weights in megadalton regime. READ MORE

  4. 8. A novel biotinylated surface designed for QCM-D applications

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi

    Author : Erik Nilebäck; [2009]
    Keywords : Quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring; QCM-D; Self-assembled monolayer; SAM; thiol; ethylene glycol; OEG; PEG; biosensor; surface chemistry; biotin; streptavidin; ellipsometry; contact angle goniometry; surface plasmon resonance; SPR; impedance spectroscopy; IS; sensor surface;

    Abstract :   Control of protein immobilization at sensor surfaces is of great interest within various scientific fields, since it enables studies of specific biomolecular interactions. To achieve this, one must be able to immobilize proteins with retained native structure, while minimizing non-specific protein binding. READ MORE