From Neural Networks and Biomolecular Engineering to Bioelectronics

1. Front Matter

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2. From Protein Engineering to Bioelectronics

   • Claudio Nicolini

   Pages 1-36

3. On Hand-Printed Character Recognition

   • Zs. M. Kovács-V, R. Guerrieri, G. Baccarani

   Pages 37-48

4. Smart Vision Chips in CCD and CCD/CMOS Technologies

   • G. Soncini, P. L. Bellutti, M. Boscardin, F. Giacomozzi, M. Gottardi, M. Zen

   Pages 49-54

5. Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistors: Basic Principles and Fabrication Technology

   • Giovanni Soncini, Antonella Lavarian, Alberto Lui, Benno Margesin, Vittorio Zanini, Mario Zen

   Pages 55-62

6. Computational Properties of Retinal Rod Photoreceptors

   • G. M. Ratto, G. Di Schino, L. Cervetto

   Pages 63-71

7. Structure-Function Relationships in Human Growth Hormone: Theoretical and Genetic Engineering Study

   • Michail P. Kirpichnikov, Andrei E. Gabrielian, Alexei A. Schulga, Evgeny S. Severin, Konstantin G. Skryabin

   Pages 73-78

8. Proteins and Enzymes from Extremophiles: Academical and Industrial Prospects

   • Mosè Rossi

   Pages 79-86

9. Electron Transfer from Bacterial Dehydrogenases

   • J. A. Duine

   Pages 87-94

10. The Use of Paramagnetic Probes for NMR Investigations of Biomolecular Structures and Interactions

    • M. Scarselli, G. Esposito, H. Molinari, M. Pegna, L. Zetta, N. Niccolai

    Pages 95-102

11. Use of Molecular Dynamics for the Reconstruction of Complete Structures: A Study on Thioredoxin

    • E. A. Carrara, A. Anselmino, C. Gavotti, S. Vakula, C. Nicolini

    Pages 103-110

12. Enzyme Bioamplification

    • A. Rigo, M. Scarpa

    Pages 111-119

13. Electric “Contacts” between Conductors and Protein Active Sites

    • S. D. Varfolomeyev, A. J. Yaropolov

    Pages 121-133

14. From Molecular Characterization to Molecular Manufacturing and Molecular Electronics

    • Claudio Nicolini

    Pages 135-165

15. Quaternary Chromatin-DNA Structure Imaged by Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope: A Computer Simulation

    • Paolo Facci, Claudio Nicolini

    Pages 167-175

16. Building up Supramolecular Edifices Dedicated to a Specific Function

    • André Barraud

    Pages 177-187

17. Structural Properties of Monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett Films by X-Ray Scattering Techniques

    • Franco Rustichelli

    Pages 189-215

18. Lipids of the Archaea Domain: State of the Art and Computer Simulation Studies of the Archaeal Membrane

    • Mario De Rosa, Alessandra Morana

    Pages 217-222

19. A CIDS-Activated Cell Sensor for Monitoring DNA Superstructures

    • Paolo Facci, Alberto Diaspro, Claudio Nicolini

    Pages 223-226

20. Biointerfacing for Electron Transfer of Redox Enzymes

    • Masuo Aizawa

    Pages 227-239

This volume represents the fIrst of a series of proceedings of the EL.B.A. Forum on Bioelectronics, a scientifIc discipline at the frontiers of Advanced Electronics and Biotechnology. The name for these forums derives not only from the place (the Isle of Elba in Italy), where the conferences have been held every 6 months since 1991, but also from an acronym: Electronics and Biotechnology Advanced. Bioelectronics is intended as "the use of biological materials and biological architectures for information processing and sensing systems and devices down to molecular level" and focuses its attention on three major areas: I New hardware architectures borrowed from the thorough study of brain and sensory systems down to the molecular level, utilizing existing semiconductor inorganic materials (both GaAs and Si) and giga-scale integration; II Protein Engineering, especially of systems involved in electron transfer and molecular recognition, integrated with Metabolism and Chemical Engineering, to develop new biomaterials by learning basic rules of macromolecular folding and self-assembly; m Sensors, thin film and electronic devices utilizing organic compounds and biopolymers, and by implementing nanotechnology bottom up through manufacturing and characterization at the atomic level.

• biomaterial
• biopolymers
• biotechnology
• electronics
• enzymes
• metabolism
• polymer
• protein
• scattering

• Institute of Biophysics, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

  Claudio Nicolini

• EL.B.A. Foundation, Portoferraio, Italy

  Sergei Vakula

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