Adhesion of Cells, Viruses and Nanoparticles

By Kevin Kendall, Florian Rehfeldt, Michaela Kendall

Book Overview

1. Background to adhesion of cells, viruses and nanoparticles.- Part I BACKGROUND AND FUNDAMENTALS: 2. Introduction to adhesion: - all smooth clean surfaces adhere.- 3. Phenomenology of adhesion: From Macro- to Nano-systems.- 4. Modelling nanoparticle, virus and cell adhesion.- Part II MECHANISMS: 5. Macroscopic view of adhesion for particles, viruses and cells.- 6. Statistics of adhesion at the nanoscale.- 7. Subdivision and separation of contact spots.- 8. Measurement methods.- Part III DETAILED RESEARCH: 9. Adhesion of nano-particles.- 10. Adhesion of viruses.- 11. Adhesion of cells.- 12. Nanoparticles adhering to cells; toxicity effects.- 13. The future of particle, virus and cell adhesion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 940079049X
• ISBN13: 9789400790490
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"