Biophysical Chemistry (eBook)

James Allen is a professor at Arizona State University. He has won numerous honors including several study sections with the National Institutes for Health and was selected for Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

Preface

1. Basic Thermodynamic and Biochemical Concepts

Part 1: Thermodynamics and Kinetics

2. First Law of Thermodynamics

3. Second Law of Thermodynamics

4. Phase Diagrams, Mixtures, and Chemical Potential

5. Equilibria and Reactions Involving Protons

6. Oxidation/Reduction Reactions and Bioenergetics

7. Kinetics and Enzymes

8. The Boltzmann Distribution and Statistical Thermodynamics

Part 2: Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy

9. Quantum Theory: Introduction and Principles

10. Particle in a Box and Tunneling

11. Vibrational Motion and Infrared Spectroscopy

12. Atomic Structure: Hydrogen Atom and Multi-Electron Atoms

13. Chemical Bonds and Protein Interactions

14. Electronic Transitions and Optical Spectroscopy

15. X-Ray Diffraction and Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure

16. Magnetic Resonance

Part 3: Understanding Biological Systems using Physical Chemistry

17. Signal Transduction

18. Membrane Potentials, Transporters, and Channels

19. Molecular Imaging

20. Photosynthesis

References and Further Reading

Problems

Answers to Problems

Index

"Biophysical Chemistry is an outstanding book that delivers
both fundamental and complex biophysical principles, along with an
excellent overview of the current biophysical research areas, in a
manner that makes it accessible for mathematically and
non-mathematically inclined readers." (Journal of Chemical
Biology, February 2009)

"This is strongly recommended as a textbook for advanced
undergraduate and graduate students with backgrounds in the
physical and biological sciences. It will also prove extremely
useful to university and high school educators, medical doctors,
and researchers who want to go beyond a surface treatment of
biological phenomenology to its roots in physics and chemistry."
(Doody's, February, 2009)