Tunneling in Biological Systems: A Colloquium of the Johnson Research Foundation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 148323715X ISBN 13: 9781483237152

Publisher: Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

Tunneling in Biological Systems focuses on the low temperature electron transport that reveals a quantum-mechanical effect called "tunneling" This book discusses the tunneling in physical systems; detection of molecular vibrations with electron tunneling; chemical-rate theory of small-polaron hopping; and experimental approaches to electronic coupling in metal ion redox systems. The Faraday rotation and photoconductivity of photosynthetic structures at microwave frequencies; dynamics of electron transport in macromolecules; and electron transfer reactions in cytochrome oxidase are also elaborated. This text likewise covers the kinetic evidence for electron tunneling in solution; specificity and control in biological systems; molecular tunneling in heme proteins; and ligand binding. This publication is valuable to students and researchers interested in the physics of biological and medical problems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 148323715X
• ISBN 13: 9781483237152
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 776
• Editor: Chance Dr. Britton