Bioelectrochemistry I

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Opening Address

   • Antonio Borsellino

   Pages 1-3

3. Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics an Interdisciplinary Survey

   • Giulio Milazzo

   Pages 5-14

4. General Criteria for the Fulfilment of Redox Reactions

   • René Buvet

   Pages 15-50

5. Photosynthesis — Selected Topics

   • Helmut Metzner

   Pages 51-113

6. Energetics of Biological Redox Reactions

   • Bruno Andrea Melandri

   Pages 115-142

7. Kinetics in Bioelectrochemistry Photoredox Reactions at Electrodes and in Solution

   • Hermann Berg

   Pages 143-181

8. Applications of Advanced Voltammetric Methods in Bioelectrochemistry

   • Hans Wolfang Nürnberg

   Pages 183-225

9. Transmembrane Potential and Redox Reactions from a Physiological Point of View

   • Martin Blank

   Pages 227-247

10. The Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain

    • David F. Wilson

    Pages 249-282

11. Electrochemical Methodologies in Biomedical Applications

    • J. Raghavendra Rao

    Pages 283-335

12. Concluding Remarks

    • Giulio Milazzo

    Pages 337-340

13. Back Matter

    Pages 341-348

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This is the first course devoted to bioelectrochemistry held within the frame­ work of the International School of Biophysics. Although this branch of scientific research is already about two centuries old, as a truly independent one it has been in a stage of lively development since only a few decades ago and this is why a first course at the E. Majorana Center was devoted to it. Since bioelectrochemistry consists of many sub-fields, it is impossible to include, even superficially, all of them in a short course lasting just a week, and therefore the chapter of redox-reactions was chosen for this first course as being most general in character. But even restricting the course to redox-reactions, only a few subjects could be included and therefore the choice among them was made considering the most general guidelines that could serve as a basis for the further study of individual problems. In this way we hope to give a sound basis to the study of and to stimulate further interest in this branch of both biological and physical chemistry. This dual interdisciplinary approach is, on the other hand, unavoidable if a more rigorous and logical attack on biological problems in living bodies is to be carried ahead. VII CONTENTS ix Symbols and acronyms Opening address A. BORSELLINO 1 Bioelectrochemistry and bioenergetics: an interdisciplinary survey G. MILAZZO 5 General criteria for the fulfilment of redox reactions R. BUVET 15 Photosynthesis - selected topics H.

• biophysics
• chemistry
• electrochemistry
• enzyme
• enzymes
• mitochondria
• synthesis

• University of Rome, Italy

  G. Milazzo

• College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA

  Martin Blank

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