Preface xxvii

1 Studies On Biocompatible Surface-Active Silica Aerogel and Polyurethane−Siloxane Cross-Linked Structures for Various Surfaces 1
K. Seeni Meera, R. Murali Sankar, S. N. Jaisankar, and Asit Baran Mandal

2 Interaction of Anesthetics with Globular Proteins 17
Makoto Nishimoto, Michio Yamanaka, and Hitoshi Matsuki

3 Lipid Monolayer and Interaction with Anesthetics 36
Yasushi Yamamoto and Keijiro Taga

4 Atomic Force Microscopy for Measuring Interaction Forces in Biological Materials and Cells 59
Naoyuki Ishida, Yasuyuki Kusaka, Tomonori Fukasawa, and Hiroyuki Shinto

5 Bacterial Interactions 68
Masanori Toyofuku, Yosuke Tashiro, Tomohiro Inaba, and Nobuhiko Nomura

6 2D and 3D Biocompatible Polymers for Biomedical Devices 82
Masaru Tanaka

7 Biofilm 94
Hisao Morisaki

8 Use of Microorganisms for Complex ORE Beneficiation: Bioflotation as an Example 108
Akira Otsuki

9 Biofouling 118
Kazuho Nakamura

10 Bioinspired Microemulsions and Their Strategic Pharmacological Perspectives 122
Soumik Bardhan, Kaushik Kundu, Gulmi Chakraborty, Bidyut K. Paul, Satya P. Moulik, and Swapan K. Saha

11 Development of Nonfouling Biomaterials 145
Ruey-Yug Tsay and Toyoko Imae

12 Surface Characterization of Silver and Fe3O4 Nanoparticles Incorporated into Collagen-based Scaffolds as Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives 161
Abhishek Mandal, N. Chandrasekaran, Amitava Mukherjee, and Thothapalli P. Sastry

13 Biomimetic Polymer Aggregates: Self-Assembly Induced by Chemical Reactions 181
Eri Yoshida

14 Molecular Interaction in Biomimetics and Biosystems: Chirality and Confinement at Nanodimension 195
Nilashis Nandi and Saheb Dutta

15 Softinterface on Biosensing 211
Yukichi Horiguchi and Yukio Nagasaki

16 Bioseparation Using Thermoresponsive Polymers 220
Kenichi Nagase and Teruo Okano

17 Biosurfactants 231
Etsuo Kokufuta

18 Structure and Regulation of the Blood–Brain Barrier 244
Yung-Chih Kuo, Chin-Lung Lee, and Jyh-Ping Hsu

19 Boron Tracedrugs as Theranostic Agents for Neutron Dynamic Therapy 255
Hitoshi Hori and Hiroshi Terada

20 Carbohydrates as Biocolloids in Nanoscience 260
Zaheer Khan, Shokit Hussain, Ommer Bashir, and Shaeel Ahmed Al-Thabaiti

21 High-Strength Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Hydrogels for Artificial Cartilage 269
Atsushi Suzuki and Teruo Murakami

22 Superior Tribological Behaviors of Articular Cartilage and Artificial Hydrogel Cartilage 278
Teruo Murakami and Atsushi Suzuki

23 Self-Assembled Cell-Mimicking Vesicles Composed of Amphiphilic Molecules: Structure and Applications 292
Swati De and Ranju Prasad Mandal

24 Integrin-Dependent Cell Regulation and its Clinical Application 313
Takuya Iyoda, Takuya Matsunaga, and Fumio Fukai

25 Depth Profile of Kr+-Irradiated Chitosan 325
Kazunaka Endo

26 Electronic Structure of Chitosan 331
Kazunaka Endo

27 Aligned Fibrillar Collagen Matrices 340
Ralf Zimmermann, Jens Friedrichs, Babette Lanfer, Uwe Freudenberg, and Carsten Werner

28 Colloidal Crystallization 355
Tsuneo Okubo

29 Dielectric Properties of Biological Macromolecules and Biomolecule–Water Interfaces 380
Brandon Campbell, Lin Li, and Emil Alexov

30 NMR of Drug Delivery Coupled with Lipid Membrane Dynamics 391
Emiko Okamura

31 Stimulus-Responsive Intelligent Drug Delivery System Based on Hydroxyapatite-Related Materials 403
Makoto Otsuka

32 Drying Structure 412
Tsuneo Okubo

33 Electrophoretic Mobility of Colloidal Particles 430
Hiroyuki Ohshima

34 Electrostatic Interaction Between Colloidal Particles 439
Hiroyuki Ohshima

35 Physicochemical Properties and Clinical Applications Of Surfactant-Free Emulsions Prepared with Electrolytic Reduction IonWater (ERI) 451
Ken-ichi Shimokawa and Fumiyoshi Ishii

36 Steady-State Coupling in Enzyme Membrane 459
Kazuo Nomura

37 Evaluation of Zeta-Potential of Individual Exosomes Secreted from Biological Cells Using a Microcapillary Electrophoresis Chip 469
Takanori Akagi and Takanori Ichiki

38 Flocculation Dynamics on the Basis of Collision-Limited Analysis 474
Yasuhisa Adachi

39 Anisotropic Gel Formation Induced by Dialysis 487
Toshiaki Dobashi and Takao Yamamoto

40 Gels 498
Etsuo Kokufuta

41 Gel Crystals 514
Tsuneo Okubo

42 Oleic Acid-Based Surfactants as Cost-Effective Gemini Surfactants 529
Kenichi Sakai and Masahiko Abe

43 Synthesis and Properties of Heterocyclic Cationic Gemini Surfactants 539
Avinash Bhadani, Sukhprit Singh, Hideki Sakai, and Masahiko Abe

44 Functional Hydrogel Microspheres 554
Daisuke Suzuki, Takuma Kureha, and Koji Horigome

45 Hydrophilic–Lipophilic Balance (HLB): Classical Indexation and Novel Indexation of Surfactant 570
Yuji Yamashita and Kazutami Sakamoto

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46 Insulin Fibrillation and Role of Peptides and Small Molecules in its Inhibition Process 575
Victor Banerjee and K.P. Das

47 Interfacial Water Between Charge-Neutralized Polymer and Liquid Water 592
Hiromi Kitano and Makoto Gemmei-Ide

48 Langmuir Monolayer Interaction of Perfluorooctylated Long-Chain Alcohols With Biomembrane Constituents 597
Hiromichi Nakahara and Osamu Shibata

49 Affinity Latex 609
Haruma Kawaguchi

50 Latex Diagnosis 614
Haruma Kawaguchi

51 Light Scattering and Electrophoretic Light Scattering of Biopolymers 619
Etsuo Kokufuta

52 Impact of Line Tension on Colloidal Systems 628
Hiroki Matsubara, Takanori Takiue, and Makoto Aratono

53 Liquid Structures and Properties of Lipids 642
Makio Iwahashi

54 Birefringence in Lipid Bilayer Membranes 661
Kiyoshi Mishima

55 Surface States of Lipid Monolayers Containing Gangliosides 674
Shoko Yokoyama

56 Liponanocapsule: A Nanocapsule Built From a Liposomal Template 684
Yuuka Fukui and Keiji Fujimoto

57 Physical Phenomena of Magnetic Suspensions for Application to Bioengineering 690
Akira Satoh

58 Ion-Sensing Membrane Electrodes in Study of Surfactant–Biopolymer Interaction 704
Sudeshna M. Chatterjea, Koustubh Panda, and Satya P. Moulik

59 Membrane Potential as a Function of Dielectric Constant 721
Akihiko Tanioka and Hidetoshi Matsumoto

60 Biophysical Studies of a Micellar Protein α-Crystallin by Fluorescence Methods 737
Aritra Chowdhury, Rajat Banerjee, and K.P. Das

61 Modeling Muscle Contraction Mechanism in Accordance with Sliding-Filament Theory 753
Toshio Mitsui and Hiroyuki Ohshima

62 Nanocarriers of Functional Materials From Amino Acid Surfactants 771
Geetha Baskar, S. Angayarkanny, and Asit Baran Mandal

63 Syntheses of Metallic Nanocolloids and the Quenching Abilities of Reactive Oxygen Species 784
Yukihide Shiraishi and Naoki Toshima

64 Silver and Gold Nanocomposites: Amino Acid Sidechain Effect on Morphology 790
Zoya Zaheer and Rafiuddin

65 Nanogel, an Internally Networked Poly(Amino Acid) Nanoparticle for pH-Responsive Delivery 799
Jong-Duk Kim and Chan Woo Park

66 Strategies of Metal Nanoparticles for Nanobiology 812
Daisuke Matsukuma and Hidenori Otsuka

67 On-Chip Electrophoresis for Evaluating Zeta-Potential of Nanoliposomes 821
Takanori Akagi and Takanori Ichiki

68 Phase Separation in Phospholipid Bilayers Induced by Cholesterol 825
Nobutake Tamai, Masaki Goto, and Hitoshi Matsuki

69 Phase Separation Phenomena in Drug Systems 841
Andleeb Z. Naqvi and Kabir-ud-Din

70 Bilayer Imaging of Phosphatidylcholines by High-Pressure Fluorometry 860
Masaki Goto, Nobutake Tamai, and Hitoshi Matsuki

71 Physiological and Molecular Aspects of Mechanisms Involved in Plant Response to Salt Stress 870
Xiaoli Tang, Xingmin Mu, Hongbo Shao, Hongyan Wang, and Marian Brestic

72 Interfacial Phenomena of Pulmonary Surfactant Preparations 885
Hiromichi Nakahara, Sannamu Lee, and Osamu Shibata

73 Using Thin Liquid Film for Study of Pulmonary Surfactants 905
Dotchi Exerowa, Roumen Todorov, and Dimo Platikanov

74 Probing Receptor–Ligand Interactions on a Single Molecule Level Using Optical Tweezers 915
Tim Stangner, Carolin Wagner, Christof Gutsche, Konstanze Stangner, David Singer, Stefano Angioletti-Uberti, and Friedrich Kremer

75 AC Electrokinetics of Concentrated Suspensions of Soft and Hairy Nanoparticles: Model and Experiments 933
Silvia Ahualli, Angel V. Delgado, Félix Carrique, and María Luisa Jimenez

76 Electrophoretic Behavior of pH-Regulated Soft Biocolloids 946
Li-Hsien Yeh and Jyh-Ping Hsu

77 Electrophoretic Mobility of Soft Particles 961
Kimiko Makino and Hiroyuki Ohshima

78 Potential Distribution Around a Hard Particle and a Soft Particle 970
Hiroyuki Ohshima

79 Soil Interfacial Electrical Phenomena 979
Munehide Ishiguro

80 Pharmaceutical Solid–Water Interface Phenomena Measured by Near-Infrared Spectroscopy 994
Yusuke Hattori and Makoto Otsuka

81 Colloid Stability of Biocolloidal Dispersions 1004
Tharwat Tadros

82 Stability Ratio and Early-Stage Aggregation Kinetics of Colloidal Dispersions 1014
Hiroyuki Ohshima

83 Catanionic Surfactants: Novel Surrogates of Phospholipids 1120
Kausik Manna and Amiya Kumar Panda

84 Phase Behavior of Natural-Sourced Surfactant Systems 1144
Kenji Aramaki

85 Surfactants and Biosurfactants 1151
Youichi Takata

86 Effect of Additives on Self-Association and Clouding Phenomena of Various Surface-Active Drugs 1156
Md. Sayem Alam and Asit Baran Mandal

87 Thermodynamic Analysis of Partial Molar Volume in Biocolloidal Systems 1171
Michio Yamanaka, Hideyuki Maekawa, Tamaki Yasui, and Hitoshi Matsuki

88 Van Der Waals Interaction Between Colloidal Particles 1187
Hiroyuki Ohshima

89 Wormlike Micelles with Nonionic Surfactants 1195
Rekha Goswami Shrestha, Kenji Aramaki, Hideki Sakai, and Masahiko Abe

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