Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes

Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes 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.

1. Charged Lipid Bilayers in Aqueous Surroundings with Low pH

Denitsa Mitkova, Angelina Stoyanova-Ivanova, Stela Georgieva, Petar Todorov, Nikolay Kozarev, Yury A. Ermakov and Victoria Vitkova

2. Application of Infrared Spectroscopy for Structural Analysis of Planar Lipid Bilayers Under Electrochemical Control

Izabella Brand

3. Electroformation of Giant Vesicles and Transformation to Oligovesicular Vesicles

Yukihisa Okumura

4. Coupling of Membrane Elasticity and Structure to Protein Function

Georg Pabst

5. The Micellar Cubic Fd3m Phase: Recent Advances in the Structural Characterization and Potential Applications

Anan Yaghmur and Michael Rappolt

6. Recent Developments in the Production, Analysis and Applications of Cubic Phases Formed by Lipids

Annela M. Seddon

7. Polymer and Colloidal Inclusions in Lyotropic Lamellar and Hexagonal Surfactant Mesophases

Guruswamy Kumaraswamy and Kamendra P. Sharma

8. Stabilisation of Lipid-based Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Phases by Nanoparticles: Perspectives for Colloid-Isasomes

François Muller, Jéril Degrouard, and Anniina Salonen

9. Bacterially-Derived Nano-Materials and Enzyme-Driven Lipid Associated Metallic Particle Catalyst FormationRachel Sammons, Anqi Wang, Iryna Mikheenko, Stephanie Handley-Sidhu, and Lynne E. Macaskie

• Incorporates contributions from newcomers and established and experienced researchers
• Explores the planar lipid bilayer systems and spherical liposomes from theoretical and experimental perspectives
• Serves as an indispensable source of information for new scientists