TITLE PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- 1 MODELING OF RELATIONS BETWEEN IONIC FLUXES AND MEMBRANE POTENTIAL IN ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANES -- 1.1 INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS -- 1.2 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING MEMBRANE POTENTIALS AND TRANSFER OF IONIC SPECIES -- 1.3 POTENTIALS AND ION TRANSPORT IN ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES MEMBRANES -- 1.4 SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 2 TRANSMEMBRANE ION FLUXES FOR LOWERING DETECTION LIMIT OF ION-SELECTIVE ELECTRODES -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 DEFINITION OF THE DL -- 2.3 SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE DL -- 2.4 THEORETICAL DESCRIPTION OF DL -- 2.5 MODEL COMPARISON -- 2.6 INVERSE PROBLEM -- 2.7 IONS OF DIFFERENT CHARGES -- 2.8 SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- 3 ION TRANSPORT AND (SELECTED) ION CHANNELS IN BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES IN HEALTH AND PATHOLOGY -- 3.1 ION CHANNELS: STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND METHODS OF STUDY -- 3.2 ION CHANNELS IN HEALTH AND PATHOLOGY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 4 ELECTRICAL COUPLING THROUGH GAP JUNCTIONS BETWEEN ELECTRICALLY EXCITABLE CELLS -- 4.1 MOLECULAR CHARACTERISTICS OF GAP JUNCTIONS -- 4.2 DISTRIBUTION OF GJS IN THE BRAIN -- 4.3 ELECTRICAL SIGNALING THROUGH GJS -- 4.4 ROLES OF GJ-MEDIATED ELECTRICAL SIGNALING IN BRAIN FUNCTION -- 4.5 PLASTICITY AND MODULATION OF GAP JUNCTIONAL COUPLING -- 4.6 CLINICAL RELEVANCE -- 4.7 CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 5 ENZYME FILM ELECTROCHEMISTRY -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 THE FILM ELECTROCHEMISTRY EXPERIMENT -- 5.3 ENZYME FILM ELECTROCHEMISTRY: THE BASICS -- 5.4 MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS OF ENZYME ACTIVITY -- 5.5 NONTURNOVER SIGNALS -- 5.6 CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 6 PLANT PHOTOSYSTEM II AS AN EXAMPLE OF A NATURAL PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE -- 6.1 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS -- 6.2 PHOTOSYNTHETIC EXCITATION ENERGY TRANSFER -- 6.3 PHOTOSYNTHETIC ELECTRON AND PROTON TRANSPORT.

6.4 PERSPECTIVES OF BIOMIMETIC APPLICATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 7 ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVATION OF CYTOCHROME P450 -- 7.1 INTRODUCTION -- 7.2 HOMOGENEOUS SYSTEMS: SMALL-MOLECULE ELECTROCHEMICAL MEDIATORS -- 7.3 HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS: SURFACE-CONFINED P450 FILMS -- 7.4 THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF P450 ELECTROCHEMISTRY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 8 MOLECULAR PROPERTIES AND REACTION MECHANISM OF MULTICOPPER OXIDASES RELATED TO THEIR USE IN BIOFUEL CELLS -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 MCOs IN SOLUTION: STRUCTURE AND MECHANISM -- 8.3 MCOs IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY -- 8.4 FUNCTIONALITY OF IMMOBILIZED AND SOLUBILIZED MCOs -- 8.5 CONCLUDING COMMENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 9 ELECTROCHEMICAL MONITORING OF THE WELL-BEING OF CELLS -- 9.1 ELECTROCHEMICAL MONITORING -- 9.2 CELL DEATH: ELECTROCHEMICAL CYTOTOXICITY MEASUREMENTS -- 9.3 CURVATURE/SIZE EFFECT ON DENATURATION OF PROTEINS -- 9.4 COVALENT ANCHORING: CHEMISTRY ON GOLD -- 9.5 COOPERATIVITY ON GOLD: MEASURING WF -- 9.6 COOPERATIVE CELL IMPRINTS -- REFERENCES -- 10 ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY ENZYME-BASED LOGIC NETWORKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT.