The Role of Mechanics in the Study of Lipid Bilayers, 1st ed. 2018 CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences Series, Vol. 577

This book is the first collection of lipid-membrane research conducted by leading mechanicians and experts in continuum mechanics. It brings the overall intellectual framework afforded by modern continuum mechanics to bear on a host of challenging problems in lipid membrane physics. These include unique and authoritative treatments of differential geometry, shape elasticity, surface flow and diffusion, interleaf membrane friction, phase transitions, electroelasticity and flexoelectricity, and computational modelling. 

Presents a unique collection of contributions to the physics of lipid biomembranes from the perspective of leading mechanicians

Collects original research on the broad theme of lipid membrane physics

Contributions to membrane mechanics, thermodynamics, diffusion, flow and electro-mechanics are collected here for the first time

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras