Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes

Includes chapters on a broad range of topics, covering both main arrangements of the reconstituted system, namely planar lipid bilayers and spherical liposomes. This title presents the results in this multidisciplinary field. It is suitable for new scientists.

1. Current perspectives in liposome-encapsulated hemoglobin as oxygrn carrier, Agashe, Awasthi, 2. Electric conductance of planar lipid bilayer as a tool for the study of membrane pore selectivity and blockade, Antonov, Norik, Smirnova 3. Physiochemical and pharmacokinetic characterization of ultradeformable vesicles using calcein as hydrophilic fluorescent marker, Bahia et al 4.Electrical methods for determining surface charge density and electrolyte composition at the lipid bilayer solution interface. Laver 5. Micropatterned lipid bilayer membranes on solid sub strates, Morigaki 6. Salt-induced morphological transitions in non-equimolar catanionic systems: spontaneous formation of blastulae aggregates, Vlachy, Touraud, Kunz 7. Transformation between liposomes and cubic phases of biological lipid membranes induced by modulation of electrostatic interactions, Yamazaki 8.The impact of astrocytes in the clearance of neurotransmitters by uptake and inactivation, Krzan 9. Stability of the inverted hexagonal phase, Iglic et al 10. Attraction of like-charged surfaces mediated by spheroidal nanoparticles with spatially distributed electric charge, Iglic et al