Index

acetylcholine 36, 56, 59

actin 14, 56, 58, 61

action potential 32–34, 50, 73, 83, 96, 114, 116

adenosine triphosphate (ATP) 28, 58

afferent 30, 83, 108

amorphous 17, 114

capacitor 38, 102

chromatography 93

creep 20, 21

cytoskeleton 2, 3, 14, 36, 37, 98

diodes 38

easily 13

elastic 18, 21

elasticity 17, 19, 22, 23

electrode 17, 40, 46, 75, 81

endoplasmic reticulum (ER) 2

enzyme 2, 3, 5, 14, 15, 17, 26, 45, 121

exocytosis 36, 114

extracellular matrix 2

G-protein-coupled receptor 4, 15, 73, 83, 88, 90

glass transition temperature 8, 17

graphene 17, 86, 88

homeostasis 1, 2, 27, 108, 111, 119, 128

hydrophilic 7–9, 17, 26, 37, 62

hydrophobic 7–9, 12, 14, 17, 37, 62

integrated circuit (IC) 39, 119, 120

ion channel 5, 34, 73, 87, 96, 101, 108, 112

liposomes 9, 78

mechanisms 26

membrane potential 32, 33, 35, 37, 50, 73, 116

molecularly-imprinted 44

molecularly-imprinted particles 79

myosin 56, 58, 61

nanoparticles 29, 100, 101

neuron 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 73, 86, 87, 108, 114, 128

neurotransmitter 3, 35–37

patch-clamp 86

patch-clamp technique 46

pattern recognition 43, 91, 92, 128

pH 27

photodiode 75

piezoelectric 100, 102, 106, 117

piezoelectricity 46, 93

polar 12, 24, 26

polarity 24, 27, 44

polymer 10, 14–17, 26, 29, 56, 59, 80

polymeric 119

polymerization 27

quartz crystal microbalance 45, 87, 89

resistors 38, 88, 90

semiconductor 17, 93, 117

signal cascade 4, 73, 83, 114, 127

stereochemistry 25

stress V, 19, 20, 112, 118

synapse 35, 36

toughness 19, 21

transducer 39, 50, 73, 80, 83, 87, 94, 96, 102, 108,

117, 127, 128

transistor 37, 93, 103, 117

transmembrane potential 86

viscoelastic 20

viscoelasticity 22, 23

viscosity 7, 20–23, 43

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