Thermodynamics -- Four basic quantum mechanical models of nuclear & electronic motion : a synopsis -- Molecular structure and interactions -- Water and the hydrophobic effect -- The molecular partition function -- System ensembles and partition functions -- Sampling molecular systems with simulations -- Binding equilibria -- Thermodynamics of molecular interactions -- Elements of statistical mechanics of liquids and solutions -- Analysis of binding equilibria in terms of partition functions -- Coupled equilibria -- Allosteric function -- Charged groups : binding of hydrogen ions, solvation and charge-charge interactions -- Some elements of polymer physics -- Helix-coil equilibria -- Protein unfolding equilibria -- Elasticity of biological materials -- Kinetics -- Kinetics of protein folding -- Irreversible and stochastic processes
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