Synthetic Microstructures in Biological Research

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Advanced Materials Processes for Bio-Probes....Pages 3-16
Microdomains in Polymerizable Diacetylenic Phosphatidylcholine Monolayers....Pages 17-27
The Effect of Modification of the Polar Headgroups of Acidic Diacetylenic Phospholipids on Their Bilayer Morphology....Pages 29-40
Genetically Engineered Protein Pores as Components of Synthetic Microstructures....Pages 41-51
Preparation and Characterization of Antibody Films on Lithium Niobate Surfaces....Pages 53-66
Biological Microstructures in Biosensors....Pages 67-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-78
How Well can the Scanning Tunneling Microscope Distinguish between Two Very Similar Molecules?....Pages 79-90
Structural Characterization of Molecular Interface Layers Using Neutron and X-Ray Reflectivity Techniques....Pages 91-108
Imaging with the Brookhaven Scanning Transmission X-Ray Microscope....Pages 109-119
Scanning Electron Microscopy of Protein Monolayers on a Silicon Wafer....Pages 121-129
Characterization of a β-Glucan Particle Using the Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscopes....Pages 131-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-146
Specific Protein Binding to Functionalized Interfaces....Pages 147-162
Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Genetically Engineered Cytochrome b 5 ....Pages 163-170
Laplacian Growth Models of Neural Connectivity....Pages 171-182
Interferometric Investigations of Bilayer Lipid Membrane Deformation and Flexoelectricity....Pages 183-190
Ion Percolation through a Cubic Lipid/Water Phase....Pages 191-197
Front Matter....Pages 199-200
Artificially Induced Nerve Cell Patterning or Real Neural Networks....Pages 201-206
Imaging and Characterization of Macromolecular Interface Structures for Whole Cell Biosensors....Pages 207-232
Improving the Orientation of Nerve Regrowth with a Simple Device....Pages 233-242
Back Matter....Pages 243-249