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Single Molecule Spectroscopy in Chemistry, Physics and Biology

Nobel Symposium

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  • © 2010

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Editors:
  1. Astrid Gräslund

    1. Dept. Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. Rudolf Rigler

    1. St. Sulpice, Switzerland

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  3. Jerker Widengren

    1. Dept. Biomolecular Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

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  • Summarizes the current top state-of-the-art in the theory and experimental realisation
  • Contributing authors are the top scientists in this field
  • Foreword by a Nobel laureate
  • Many examples and practical application results
  • Useful reference to researchers and graduate students alike

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics (CHEMICAL, volume 96)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXI
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  2. Introductory Lecture: Molecular Dynamics of Single Molecules

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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  3. Introductory Lecture: Molecular Dynamics of Single Molecules

    1. How Biomolecular Motors Work: Synergy Between Single Molecule Experiments and Single Molecule Simulations

      • Martin Karplus, Jingzhi Pu
      Pages 3-22

  4. Detection of Single Molecules and Single Molecule Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 24-24
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  5. Detection of Single Molecules and Single Molecule Processes

    1. Single-Molecule Optical Spectroscopy and Imaging: From Early Steps to Recent Advances

      • William E. Moerner
      Pages 25-60

    2. Single Molecules as Optical Probes for Structure and Dynamics

      • Michel Orrit
      Pages 61-76

    3. FCS and Single Molecule Spectroscopy

      • Rudolf Rigler
      Pages 77-103

  6. Fluorescence-Correlation Spectroscopy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 106-106
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  7. Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

    1. Single Molecule Spectroscopy Illuminating the Molecular Dynamics of Life

      • Watt W. Webb
      Pages 107-117

    2. Chemical Fluxes in Cellular Steady States Measured by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

      • Hong Qian, Elliot L. Elson
      Pages 119-137

    3. In Vivo Fluorescence Correlation and Cross-Correlation Spectroscopy

      • Jörg Mütze, Thomas Ohrt, Zdeněk Petrášek, Petra Schwille
      Pages 139-154

    4. Fluorescence Flicker as a Read-out in FCS: Principles, Applications and Further Developments

      • Jerker Widengren
      Pages 155-172

  8. Quantum Dots and Single Molecule Behaviour

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 174-174
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  9. Quantum Dots and Single Molecule Behaviour

    1. Development of Nanocrystal Molecules for Plasmon Rulers and Single Molecule Biological Imaging

      • A. P. Alivisatos
      Pages 175-186

    2. Size-Minimized Quantum Dots for Molecular and Cellular Imaging

      • Andrew M. Smith, Mary M. Wen, May D. Wang, Shuming Nie
      Pages 187-201

    3. Mapping Transcription Factors on Extended DNA: A Single Molecule Approach

      • Yuval Ebenstein, Natalie Gassman, Shimon Weiss
      Pages 203-216

  10. Molecular Motion of Contractile Elements and Polymer Formation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 218-218
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  11. Molecular Motion of Contractile Elements and Polymer Formation

    1. Single Molecule Measurement, a Tool for Exploring the Dynamic Mechanism of Biomolecules

      • Toshio Yanagida
      Pages 219-236

    2. Viral DNA Packaging: One Step at a Time

      • Carlos Bustamante, Jeffrey R. Moffitt
      Pages 237-269

    3. Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in the Rotary Molecular Motor F1-ATPase

      • Kengo Adachi, Shou Furuike, Mohammad Delawar Hossain, Hiroyasu Itoh, Kazuhiko Kinosita Jr., Yasuhiro Onoue et al.
      Pages 271-285
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Written by the leading experts in the field, this book describes the development and current state-of-the-art in single molecule spectroscopy. The application of this technique, which started 1989, in physics, chemistry and biosciences is displayed.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

    Astrid Gräslund

  • St. Sulpice, Switzerland

    Rudolf Rigler

  • Dept. Biomolecular Physics, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

    Jerker Widengren

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