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The Language of shape : the role of curvature in condensed matter--physics, chemistry, and biology /

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This book develops the thesis that structure and function in a variety of condensed systems - from the atomic assemblies in inorganic frameworks and organic molecules, through molecular self-assemblies to proteins - can be unified when curvature and surface geometry are taken together with molecular...

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Other Authors: Hyde, Stephen (Stephen T.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam [Netherlands] ; New York : Elsevier, 1997.
Subjects:
Surfaces of constant curvature.
Self-organizing systems.
Surfaces à courbure constante.
Systèmes auto-organisés.
Quasikristallen.
Membranen.
Eiwitvouwing.
Geometrische aspecten.
Krommen.
Molecuulstructuur.
Moleculaire nanotechnologie.
Geometria diferencial.
Reacoes quimicas (cinetica e mecanismo)
Biologia molecular e macromolecular.
Estrutura molecular (quimica teorica)
Fisica do estado solido.
Matière condensée.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. The Mathematics of Curvature
  • Ch. 2. The Lessons of Chemistry
  • Ch. 3. Molecular Forces and Self-Assembly
  • Ch. 4. Beyond Flatland: The Geometric Forms due to Self-Assembly
  • Ch. 5. Lipid Self-Assembly and Function In Biological Systems
  • Ch. 6. Folding and Function In Proteins and DNA
  • Ch. 7. Cytomembranes and Cubic Membrane Systems Revisited
  • Ch. 8. Some Miscellaneous Speculations.