Bionanotechnology is the key integrative technology of the 21st century and
aims to use the knowledge, gathered from the natural construction of cellular
systems, for the advancement of science and engineering. Investigating the
topology and communication processes of cell parts can lead to invention of
novel biological devices with exciting applications. Though microscale to
nanoscale research offers an excellent space for the development of futuristic
technologies, a number of challenges must be overcome. Due to paucity of a
dedicated literature on the protein based nanodevices we bring you this
monograph that combines collective research works of scientists probing into
this fascinating universe of bionanotechnology. The monograph has been written
with an aim of surveying engineering design principles of biomolecular
nanodevices, prototype nanodevices based on redox proteins, bacteriorhodopsins
and natural fibers, and touching upon the future developments in the field.
TOC:Preface; Proteins to Nanodevices; Bionanotechnology: Proteins to
Nanodevices; Chapter 1: DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR SELF-ASSEMBLING DEVICES FROM
MACROMOLECULES, F. Raymond Salemme. Chapter 2: METALLOPROTEIN-BASED ELECTRONIC
NANODEVICES, Ross Rinaldi, Giuseppe Maruccio, Adriana Biasco et al.; Chapter 3:
MECHANICAL CONSEQUENCES OF BIOMOLECULAR GRADIENTS IN BYSSAL THREADS, J. Herbert
Waite, James C. Weaver, and Eleonora Vaccaro. Chapter 4: BACTERIORHODOPSIN-
BASED 3D OPTICAL MEMORY, B. Xi, Kevin J. Wise, Jeffrey A. Stuart, and Robert R.
Birge. Chapter 5: SPIDER SILK PRODUCTION, Randolph V.Lewis. Chapter 6: A
PROJECTION DISPLAY BASED ON A BACTERIORHODOPSIN THIN FILM, L. Lindvold and H.
Lausen. Chapter 7: THE ROLE OF COLLAGEN IN ENERGY STORAGE AND DISSIPATION IN
EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, Frederick H. Silver, Joseph W. Freeman, Istvan Horvath
and Gino Bradica. Chapter 8: ENHANCEMENT OF PROTEIN THERMAL STABILITY: TOWARD
THE DESIGN OF ROBUST PROTEINS FOR BIONANOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, V.
Renugopalakrishnan, X. Wei, G. Narasimhan, C. S. Verma, Pingzuo Li, and A.
Anumanthan. Chapter 9: DECIPHERING ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES FOR THE DESIGN OF
PROTEIN-BASED NANOMACHINES, Dan W. Urry. Chapter 10: BIOPROCESSING OF SILK
PROTEINS-CONTROLLING ASSEMBLY, Hyoung-Joon Jin, Jaehyung Park, Regina Valluzi,
Ung-Jin Kim, Peggy Cebe, and David L. Kaplan. Chapter 11: NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
ENABLES NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN MATERIAL SCIENCES: BACTERIORHODOPSIN AS A FIRST
EXAMPLE, Norbert Hampp. Chapter 12: SYNTHETIC PHOTOREFRACTIVE AND PHOTOCHROMIC
MATERIALS AND THEIR COMPARISON WITH BACTERIORHODOPSIN MUTANTS FOR OPTICAL
INFORMATION PROCESSING, Andrzej Miniewicz, V. Renugopalakrishnan. Chapter 13:
SUBMONOLAYER MEASUREMENTS OF ADSORBED PROTEINS IN MICROFLUIDIC CHANNELS, David
Henry, Keith Lenghaus, Kerry A. Wilson et al.; Chapter 14: PROGRAMS OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON ORGANIC MATERIALS FOR THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, Dr Anne
F. de Baas. Chapter 15: BIODIVERSITY: AN ARCHIVE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR
NANODEVICES, Paul Galvin, Dennis A. Dempsey, Alan O´Riordan et al.
