Bio-ferroelectricity at the nanoscale

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2022-2032

  Tuszynski, Jack A ^a,b   Craddock, Travis John Adrian ^a   Carpenter, Eric J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collagen; Dielectric constant; Ferroelectricity; Ion channels; Microtubules; Polymer; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC CAPACITORS; COLLAGEN; DATA STRUCTURES; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; EXPERIMENTS; IONS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERMITTIVITY;

BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; BIOMOLECULAR; CHARGE TRANSPORTS; CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; ION CHANNELS; MICROTUBULES; NANOSCALE; SELF-ASSEMBLY; TUBULIN;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 57649185011     PISSN: 15461955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jctn.2008.1008     Document Type: Article

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