Liposomes, Lipid Bilayers and Model Membranes: From Basic Research to Application
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Features
- Provides a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art lipid/model membrane research and industrial/technological applications all in one volume
- Presents a broad spectrum of application chapters dealing with topics as diverse as biotechnology, food nanotechnology, and textile processing
- Offers contributions from some of the leading researchers in their respective fields of research containing aspects not found in other books
Summary
With contributions from leading researchers in their fields, this book provides a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art lipid/model membrane research and industrial/technological applications all in one volume. It is divided into two sections. The first section covers recent lipid/model membrane research, while the second provides examples of how lipid systems have been successfully used in the pharmaceutical, textile, and food industries.
Table of Contents
BASIC RESEARCH
Soft Matter Physics of Lipid-based Assemblies
Uri Raviv and Daniel Harries
Non-lamellar Lipid Aggregates
Charlotte E. Conn and John M. Seddon
Extractant Molecules as Hosts in Surfactant Monolayers or Bilayers
O. Diat, P. Bauduin, J. F. Dufrêche, S. Pellet-Rostaing, D. Meyer, T. Zemb
Lipid Force Field Developments for Atomic Detail Molecular Simulation of Peptide-Membrane Equilibria
Jakob Ulmschneider and Jeremy C. Smith
Active Membranes: Experiments and Theories
David Lacoste, Jean-Francois Joanny, Jacques Prost, and Patricia Bassereau
Lipid Diversity and Its Implication on Membrane Organization
Jianjun Pan, Norbert Kučerka, Mu-Ping Nieh, Paul Drazba, and John Katsaras
Dynamics of Exhibited by Lipids and Proteins
Maikel C. Rheinstädter
Molecular Dynamics of Lipid Bilayers: Standards, Successes, and Works in Progress
Edward R. Lyman and Douglas J. Tobias
Tethered Bimolecular Lipid Membranes - A Novel Model Membrane Platform
Wolfgang Knoll, Christoph Nowak, Asmorom Kibrom, and Renate Naumann
The Structural Diversity of DNA-Phospholipid Aggregates
D. Uhríková, P. Balgavý
Nanoscale Membrane Mimetics for Biophysical Studies of Isolated Membrane Proteins
Stephen Sligar and Ilia Denisov
Lipid Bilayer Models for Membrane Rafts
Frederick A. Heberle, Robin S. Petruzielo, and Gerald W. Feigenson
Membranes and Medicine
Georg Pabst, Beate Boulgaropoulos, Eva Sevcsik, and Karl Lohner
APPLICATIONS
Drug Formulations Based on Self-Assembled Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures
Anan Yaghmur, Jesper Østergaard, Susan Weng Larsen, Henrik Jensen, Claus Selch Larsen, Michael Rappolt
Medical Applications of Liposomal Nanoparticles
David B. Fenske and Pieter R. Cullis
Polymer-Modified Liposomes: From Long-Circulating to Multifunctional
Aleksandr Piroyan, Alexander Koshkaryev and Vladimir P.Torchilin
Biomolecular Smart Surfaces for Applications in Cell Biology and Biotechnology
Wei Luo and Muhammad N. Yousaf
Ion-transporting Supported and Tethered Lipid Bilayers that Incorporate Biological Membrane Transport Proteins
Donald K Martin, Bruce A. Cornell, and Stella M. Valenzuela
The Role of Liposomes in Textile Dyeing
Meritxell Martí, Alfonso de la Maza, José L. Parra and Luisa Coderch
Nanoparticles for Controlling Microorganisms in Foods
P. Michael Davidson, Qixin Zhong, Federico Harte, and Jochen Weiss
Preparation of Bio-based Products from Oligomers of Hydroxy Fatty Acid and Diacids, and Polyols
Douglas G. Hayes
