Advances in Single-Molecule Biophysics
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Physics General".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 763
Special Issue Editor
Interests: single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy; time-correlated single-photon counting; photon correlation spectroscopy; single-molecule localization microscopy; p-MINFLUX; excitation energy transfer (FRET, GET, and MIET); plasmonics; fluorescent organic materials (fluorescent dyes, conjugated polymers, organometallic complexes, etc.); DNA origami
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
During the last three decades, single-molecule techniques have gained huge visibility in various scientific disciplines. Especially in the field of biophysics, these techniques have been widely used to investigate structural dynamics and complex functions in biological macromolecules. These new insights lead to the development of new methods for diagnostics and therapies in a medical context. The main advantage of single-molecule techniques is the avoidance of ensemble averaging, which makes it possible to observe the properties of isolated units, and therefore unravel inhomogeneities in the molecular structures and/or dynamics.
This Special Issue of Applied Sciences on advances in single-molecule biophysics should bring together scientific articles that show new achievements for a deeper understanding of biomolecules and biological systems. It is intended to collect publications showing both, the progress in method development for theoretical and experimental single-molecule studies, and detailed studies on the specific mechanisms that can occur in cellular structures or biomolecules.
We are inviting scientists from different disciplines that are interested in biophysics on a single-molecule level to show the importance of a continuous improvement of methods and samples. The combination of both will lead to an advanced understanding of the basic mechanisms in biomolecules, and ultimately to improvements in daily life.
Dr. Florian SteinerGuest Editor
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Keywords
- Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy
- Single-molecule force spectroscopy
- Super-resolution (STED, STORM/PALM, PAINT, SIM, MINFLUX, etc.)
- Optical tweezers, magnetic tweezers
- Molecular simulations
- Microfluidics
- Energy transfer (Förster resonance energy transfer, metal-induced energy transfer, graphene energy transfer, etc.)
- Molecular motors
- Dynamics of proteins and DNA
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