Download or read book Searching for Molecular Solutions written by Ian S. Dunn and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive look at empirical approaches to molecular discovery, their relationships with rational design, and the future of both Empirical methods of discovery, along with serendipitous and rational design approaches, have played an important role in human history. Searching for Molecular Solutions compares empirical discovery strategies for biologically useful molecules with serendipitous discovery and rational design, while also considering the strengths and limitations of empirical pathways to molecular discovery. Logically arranged, this text examines the different modes of molecular discovery, empha-sizing the historical and ongoing importance of empirical strategies. Along with a broad overview of the subject matter, Searching for Molecular Solutions explores: The differing modes of molecular discovery Biological precedents for evolutionary approaches Directed evolutionary methods and related areas Enzyme evolution and design Functional nucleic acid discovery Antibodies and other recognition molecules General aspects of molecular recognition Small molecule discovery approaches Rational molecular design The interplay between empirical and rational strategies and their ongoing roles in the future of molecular discovery Searching for Molecular Solutions covers several major areas of modern research, development, and practical applications of molecular sciences. This text offers empirical-rational principles of broad relevance to scientists, professionals, and students interested in general aspects of molecular discovery, as well as the thought processes behind experimental approaches.
Download or read book Beyond the Molecular Frontier written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-03-19 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chemistry and chemical engineering have changed significantly in the last decade. They have broadened their scopeâ€"into biology, nanotechnology, materials science, computation, and advanced methods of process systems engineering and controlâ€"so much that the programs in most chemistry and chemical engineering departments now barely resemble the classical notion of chemistry. Beyond the Molecular Frontier brings together research, discovery, and invention across the entire spectrum of the chemical sciencesâ€"from fundamental, molecular-level chemistry to large-scale chemical processing technology. This reflects the way the field has evolved, the synergy at universities between research and education in chemistry and chemical engineering, and the way chemists and chemical engineers work together in industry. The astonishing developments in science and engineering during the 20th century have made it possible to dream of new goals that might previously have been considered unthinkable. This book identifies the key opportunities and challenges for the chemical sciences, from basic research to societal needs and from terrorism defense to environmental protection, and it looks at the ways in which chemists and chemical engineers can work together to contribute to an improved future.
Download or read book Molecular Theory of Solutions written by Arieh Ben-Naim and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-07-27 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents new and updated developments in the molecular theory of mixtures and solutions. It is based on the theory of Kirkwood and Buff which was published more than fifty years ago. This theory has been dormant for almost two decades. It has recently become a very powerful and general tool to analyze, study and understand any type of mixtures from the molecular, or the microscopic point of view. The traditional approach to mixture has been, for many years, based on the study of excess thermodynamic quantities. This provides a kind of global information on the system. The new approach provides information on the local properties of the same system. Thus, the new approach supplements and enriches our information on mixtures and solutions.
Download or read book The Potential Distribution Theorem and Models of Molecular Solutions written by Tom L. Beck and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was first published in 2006. An understanding of statistical thermodynamic molecular theory is fundamental to the appreciation of molecular solutions. This complex subject has been simplified by the authors with down-to-earth presentations of molecular theory. Using the potential distribution theorem (PDT) as the basis, the text provides a discussion of practical theories in conjunction with simulation results. The authors discuss the field in a concise and simple manner, illustrating the text with useful models of solution thermodynamics and numerous exercises. Modern quasi-chemical theories that permit statistical thermodynamic properties to be studied on the basis of electronic structure calculations are given extended development, as is the testing of those theoretical results with ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. The book is intended for students taking up research problems of molecular science in chemistry, chemical engineering, biochemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, nanotechnology and biotechnology.
Download or read book De novo Molecular Design written by Gisbert Schneider and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematically examining current methods and strategies, this ready reference covers a wide range of molecular structures, from organic-chemical drugs to peptides, Proteins and nucleic acids, in line with emerging new drug classes derived from biomacromolecules. A leader in the field and one of the pioneers of this young discipline has assembled here the most prominent experts from across the world to provide first-hand knowledge. While most of their methods and examples come from the area of pharmaceutical discovery and development, the approaches are equally applicable for chemical probes and diagnostics, pesticides, and any other molecule designed to interact with a biological system. Numerous images and screenshots illustrate the many examples and method descriptions. With its broad and balanced coverage, this will be the firststop resource not only for medicinal chemists, biochemists and biotechnologists, but equally for bioinformaticians and molecular designers for many years to come. From the content: * Reaction-driven de novo design * Adaptive methods in molecular design * Design of ligands against multitarget profiles * Free energy methods in ligand design * Fragment-based de novo design * Automated design of focused and target family-oriented compound libraries * Molecular de novo design by nature-inspired computing * 3D QSAR approaches to de novo drug design * Bioisosteres in de novo design * De novo design of peptides, proteins and nucleic acid structures, including RNA aptamers and many more.
Download or read book Characterizing Student Thinking about Solutions and the Solvation Process written by Oscar Herbert Judd and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chemistry is all about how atoms and molecules interact with themselves and each other resulting in properties and phenomena that can be detected and observed at the macroscopic scale. It follows quite closely then, that an important goal of chemistry education is to help students understand how macroscopic phenomena are governed by interactions and energy changes that accompany changes in interactions at the molecular level. While the literature is filled with examples of ways student incorrectly understand energy across a wide range of topics in chemistry, there is a growing trend to characterize students understanding along a continuum rather than catalog incorrect ideas. This research seeks to characterize how students in a reformed general chemistry curriculum, Chemistry, Life, the Universe and Everything (CLUE), understand solutions and the solvation process in the context of the dissolution of an ionic salt to form an aqueous solution. Preliminary research uncovered representative ways students successfully and unsuccessfully described an observable temperature change that accompanied the solvation process in a series of student interviews. These findings, as well as reasoning strategies that were observed to help students make connections between atomic-molecular level interactions and energy and macroscopic level temperature changes, were used to design a formative assessment activity targeting this phenomenon. Specific assessment tasks in which students constructed representations and explanations of the temperature change that accompanied solvation were then operationalized as research tools and administered as formative and summative assessments. Subsequent analysis of student responses resulted in development of robust coding schemes that were used to characterize how students used mechanistic components in their representations and explanations. In spite of extensive literature describing student difficulties representing solutions, the vast majority of students in the CLUE curriculum were observed to be able to represent the fully dissolved solution as being composed of separated ions each individually interacting with solvent molecules. Further revision of the explanation prompt, leveraging principles influenced by the scaffolding and evidence centered design literature, resulted in a medium to large increase in sophistication of students' use of interactions from representation to explanation tasks; these results were replicated in multiple student populations. Finally, implications of this work relevant to enacting curricular support for students to use atomic-molecular scale interactions in a mechanistic way are presented, including the importance of designing assessments capable of eliciting evidence of student understanding.
Download or read book Molecular Design written by Gisbert Schneider and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kleine Moleküle für Einsteiger: Dieser für Lehre und Selbststudium gleichermaßen geeignete Band behandelt den computergestützten Entwurf von Wirkstoffen, Enzyminhibitoren, Sonden und Markern für Biomoleküle und führt den Leser bis zum ersten eigenen De-Novo-Design eines funktionellen Moleküls. Gestützt auf lange Erfahrung im Molecular-Modeling-Umfeld erläutern die Autoren, welche Fragen mit den beschriebenen Methoden beantwortet werden können (und welche nicht).
Download or read book Molecular Thermodynamics Of Electrolyte Solutions Second Edition written by Lloyd L Lee and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Electrolytes and salt solutions are ubiquitous in chemical industry, biology and nature. This unique compendium introduces the elements of the solution properties of ionic mixtures. In addition, it also serves as a bridge to the modern researches into the molecular aspects of uniform and non-uniform charged systems. Notable subjects include the Debye-Hückel limit, Pitzer's formulation, Setchenov salting-out, and McMillan-Mayer scale. Two new chapters on industrial applications — natural gas treating, and absorption refrigeration, are added to make the book current and relevant.This textbook is eminently suitable for undergraduate and graduate students. For practicing engineers without a background in salt solutions, this introductory volume can also be used as a self-study.
Download or read book Applied Case Studies and Solutions in Molecular Docking Based Drug Design written by Dastmalchi, Siavoush and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the pharmaceutical industry continues to advance, new techniques in drug design are emerging. In order to deliver optimum care to patients, the development of innovative pharmacological techniques has become a widely studied topic. Applied Case Studies and Solutions in Molecular Docking-Based Drug Design is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the progress of pharmaceutical design and computational approaches in the field of molecular docking. Highlighting innovative research perspectives and real-world applications, this book is ideally designed for professionals, researchers, practitioners, and medical chemists actively involved in computational chemistry and pharmaceutical sciences.
Download or read book Chemistry 2e written by Paul Flowers and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chemistry 2e is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the two-semester general chemistry course. The textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of chemistry and understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them. The book also includes a number of innovative features, including interactive exercises and real-world applications, designed to enhance student learning. The second edition has been revised to incorporate clearer, more current, and more dynamic explanations, while maintaining the same organization as the first edition. Substantial improvements have been made in the figures, illustrations, and example exercises that support the text narrative. Changes made in Chemistry 2e are described in the preface to help instructors transition to the second edition.
Download or read book Molecular Systems Engineering written by and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the leading authority in the field, the Centre for Process Systems Engineering at Imperial College London, this book includes theoretical developments, algorithms, methodologies and tools in process systems engineering and applications from the chemical, energy, molecular, biomedical and other areas. It spans a whole range of length scales seen in manufacturing industries, from molecular and nanoscale phenomena to enterprise-wide optimization and control. As such, this will appeal to a broad readership, since the topic applies not only to all technical processes but also due to the interdisciplinary expertise required to solve the challenge. The ultimate reference for years to come.
Download or read book Evolutionary Algorithms in Molecular Design written by David E. Clark and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-11-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When trying to find new methods and problem-solving strategies for their research, scientists often turn to nature for inspiration. An excellent example of this is the application of Darwin's Theory of Evolution, particularly the notion of the 'survival of the fittest', in computer programs designed to search for optimal solutions to many kinds of problems. These 'evolutionary algorithms' start from a population of possible solutions to a given problem and, by applying evolutionary principles, evolve successive generations with improved characteristics until an optimal, or near-optimal, solution is obtained. This book highlights the versatility of evolutionary algorithms in areas of relevance to molecular design with a particular focus on drug design. The authors, all of whom are experts in their field, discuss the application of these computational methods to a wide range of research problems including conformational analysis, chemometrics and quantitative structure-activity relationships, de novo molecular design, chemical structure handling, combinatorial library design, and the study of protein folding. In addition, the use of evolutionary algorithms in the determination of structures by X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy is also covered. These state-of-the-art reviews, together with a discussion of new techniques and future developments in the field, make this book a truly valuable and highly up-to-date resource for anyone engaged in the application or development of computer-assisted methods in scientific research.
Download or read book Methods in Molecular Biophysics written by Igor N. Serdyuk and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive graduate textbook explaining key physical methods in biology, reflecting the very latest research in this fast-moving field.
Download or read book Molecular Theory of Water and Aqueous Solutions The role of water in protein folding self assembly and molecular recognition written by Arieh Ben-Naim and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The aim of this book is to explain the unusual properties of both pure liquid water and simple aqueous solutions, in terms of the properties of single molecules and interactions among small numbers of water molecules. It is mostly the result of the author's own research spanning over 40 years in the field of aqueous solutions."--Jacket.
Download or read book Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources Information and Traditional Knowledge written by Charles Lawson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-14 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the management of genetic resources, this book offers a new assessment of the contemporary Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) regime. Debates about ABS have moved on. The initial focus on the legal obligations established by international agreements like the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and the form of obligations for collecting physical biological materials have now shifted into a far more complex series of disputes and challenges about the ways ABS should be implemented and enforced. These now cover a wide range of issues, including: digital sequence information, the repatriation of resources, technology transfer, traditional knowledge and cultural expressions, open access to information and knowledge, naming conventions, farmers’ rights, new schemes for accessing pandemic viruses sharing DNA sequences, and so on. Drawing together perspectives from an interdisciplinary range of leading and emerging international scholars, this book offers a new approach to the ABS landscape; as it breaks from the standard regulatory analyses in order to explore alternative solutions to the intractable issues for the Access and Benefit Sharing of genetic resources. Addressing these modern legal debates from a perspective that will appeal to both ABS scholars and those with broader legal concerns in the areas of intellectual property, food, governance, Indigenous issues, and so on, this book will be a useful resource for scholars and students as well as those in government and in international institutions working in relevant areas.
Download or read book Computer Aided Molecular Design written by Luke Achenie and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2002-11-20 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CAMD or Computer Aided Molecular Design refers to the design of molecules with desirable properties. That is, through CAMD, one determines molecules that match a specified set of (target) properties. CAMD as a technique has a very large potential as in principle, all kinds of chemical, bio-chemical and material products can be designed through this technique. This book mainly deals with macroscopic properties and therefore does not cover molecular design of large, complex chemicals such as drugs. While books have been written on computer aided molecular design relating to drugs and large complex chemicals, a book on systematic formulation of CAMD problems and solutions, with emphasis on theory and practice, which helps one to learn, understand and apply the technique is currently unavailable. · This title brings together the theoretical aspects related to Computer Aided Molecular Design, the different techniques that have been developed and the different applications that have been reported. · Contributing authors are among the leading researchers and users of CAMD · First book available giving a systematic formulation of CAMD problems and solutions
Download or read book Calculations for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology written by Frank H. Stephenson and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Calculations for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology: A Guide to Mathematics in the Laboratory, Second Edition, provides an introduction to the myriad of laboratory calculations used in molecular biology and biotechnology. The book begins by discussing the use of scientific notation and metric prefixes, which require the use of exponents and an understanding of significant digits. It explains the mathematics involved in making solutions; the characteristics of cell growth; the multiplicity of infection; and the quantification of nucleic acids. It includes chapters that deal with the mathematics involved in the use of radioisotopes in nucleic acid research; the synthesis of oligonucleotides; the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method; and the development of recombinant DNA technology. Protein quantification and the assessment of protein activity are also discussed, along with the centrifugation method and applications of PCR in forensics and paternity testing. Topics range from basic scientific notations to complex subjects like nucleic acid chemistry and recombinant DNA technology Each chapter includes a brief explanation of the concept and covers necessary definitions, theory and rationale for each type of calculation Recent applications of the procedures and computations in clinical, academic, industrial and basic research laboratories are cited throughout the text New to this Edition: Updated and increased coverage of real time PCR and the mathematics used to measure gene expression More sample problems in every chapter for readers to practice concepts
