Immobilized Macromolecules: Application Potentials (Springer Series in Applied Biology)

Immobilised Macromolecules: Application Potentials describes how biomolecules have far reaching uses relating to the development of biosensors, optrodes, conjugated vaccines, biocompatible surfaces and membranes with novel properties. The contents of this book point to the way that scientists from many different disciplines are now coming together to bring their expertise to bear on the development of new technology to produce functionally useful surfaces and membranes. The potential developments from such synergistic relationships are truly awe-inspiring whether they involve "clever" membranes that can be used to filter and/or adsorb molecules with a very high degree of specificity, the production of a wider range of biosensors or opening the way for new vaccines.All such work needs to be underpinned by research on the molecular building blocks of the new devices and many of the relevant studies are reported in this book. Chapters range across topics including: protein folding, stability and assembly; orientated immobilisation of antibodies; and enzyme, hapten or antigen immobilisation. Further chapters lead on to discuss some of the ways that immobilised macromolecules can be used in practical applications including: affinity and ultrafiltration membranes; biosensors and diagnostics.