Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes

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 researchersExplores the planar lipid bilayer systems and spherical liposomes from theoretical and experimental perspectivesServes as an indispensable source of information for new scientists

1. Charged Particles can Mediate Attraction Between Equally Charged Membranes - Theoretical Study

Sarka Perutkova

2. Cationic Liposomes as Model Non-Viral Vectors for Pulmonary Delivery of DNA

Abdelbary Elhissi, Israr Ul Hassan, Antigoni Papapanou, Nimrah Zeb and Kevin M.G. Taylor

3. Giant Unilamellar Vesicles and Suspended Nanobilayers as Model Systems for Biophysical Research

Oliver J. Pambos and Ulrich F. Keyser

4. Hydrophobically Modified Chitosan: Solution Properties by Rheology and Light Scattering

Aarti S. Shedge and Manohar V. Badiger

5. Structural Transitions in Lipid Membranes: Mechanism for Cell-Penetrating Peptides

Abhijit Mishra

6. Biomimetic Liposome Model Systems to Study Cell Shape Control by the Cytoskeleton

Feng-Ching Tsai, Sophie Roth, Marileen Dogterom and Gijsje Hendrika Koenderink

7. Role of Blood Sampling in Assessment of Concentration of Extracellular Nanovesicles in Isolates from Peripheral Blood Roman Stukelj, Ines Hribar Ignascenko, Sonja Peternelj, Magda Perusko, Tatjana Blazic, Manca Pajnic, Spela Bracun-Vnuk, Vid Sustar, Apolonija Bedina-Zavec, Karin Schara, Rado Jansa and Veronika Kralj-Iglic