Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes volumes cover a broad range of topics, including main arrangements of the reconstituted system, namely planar lipid bilayers as well as spherical liposomes. The invited authors present the latest results of their own research groups in this exciting multidisciplinary field. * Incorporates contributions from newcomers and established and experienced researchers * Explores the planar lipid bilayer systems and spherical liposomes from both theoretical and experimental perspectives* Serves as an indispensable source of information for new scientists.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Front Cover; Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Chapter 1: Faceting of Soft Crystals; Chapter 2: How to Make a Stable Exocytotic Fusion Pore, Incompetent of Neurotransmitter and Hormone Release from the Vesicle ... ; Chapter 3: A Planar Lipid Bilayer in an Electric Field; Chapter 4: Raft Formation in Cell Membranes ... ; Chapter 5: Statistical Thermodynamics of Adhesion Points in Supported Membranes; Chapter 6: Monte Carlo Simulations of Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes Using Coarse-Grained Models.
Chapter 7: Coarse-Grained Computer Simulations of Multicomponent Lipid MembranesChapter 8: Fluorescence Spectroscopy Study of Hyaluronan-Phospholipid Interactions; Chapter 9: Dynamics of Lipid Vesicles ... ; Chapter 10: beta-Carotene-Lipid Interactions in Liposomes with Different Lipid Composition; Subject Index.
