Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly
Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly Series

Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly, formerly titled Advances inPlanar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, provides a global platform for a broad community of experimental and theoretical researchers studying cell membranes, lipid model membranes, and lipid self-assemblies from the micro- to the nanoscale.

Planar lipid bilayers are widely studied due to their ubiquity in nature and find their application in the formulation of biomimetic model membranes, and in the design of artificial dispersion of liposomes.

Moreover, lipids self-assemble into a wide range of other structures, including micelles and the liquid crystalline hexagonal and cubic phases. Consensus has been reached that curved membrane phases do play an important role in nature as well, especially in dynamic processes, such as vesicles fusion and cell communication. Self-assembled lipid structures have enormous potential as dynamic materials ranging from artificial lipid membranes to cell membranes, from biosensing to controlled drug delivery, from pharmaceutical formulations to novel food products to mention a few.

An assortment of chapters in this volume represents both original research as well as comprehensive reviews written by world leading experts and young researchers.

1. How Lipid Cores Affect Lipid Nanoparticles as Drug and Gene Delivery SystemsAllan Radaic, Leandro Ramos Souza Barbosa, Carlos Jaime, Yvonne L. Kapila, Francisco Benedito Teixeira Pessine and Marcelo Bispo de Jesus2. Strategies for Exploring Electrostatic and Non-Electrostatic Contributions to the Interaction of Helical Antimicrobial Peptides with Model MembranesDayane S. Alvares, Márcia Perez Dos Santos Cabrera and João Ruggiero Neto3. Using High Pressure to Modulate Lateral Structuring in Model Lipid MembranesNicola L. C. McCarthy and Nicholas J. Brooks4. Memristors in BiomembranesAlexander G. Volkov and Vladislav S. Markin5. Morphological Transitions in Surfactant Bilayer SystemYuji Yamashita6. Polymeric Micellar Structures for Biosensor TechnologySudheesh K. Shukla, Penny Govender and Ashutosh Tiwari7. TiO2 Nanostructures in BiomedicineRoghayeh Imani, Veronika Kralj-Iglic and Aleš Iglic

experts in the field of chemistry, physics and biology of lipid micro- and nanostructures and biological membranes, and a podium for non-specialists working on the interdisciplinary front

• Surveys recent theoretical and experimental results on lipid micro- and nanostructures
• Presents potential uses of applications, like clinically relevant diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, biotechnology, pharmaceutical engineering, and food products
• Includes both original research as well as comprehensive reviews written by world leading experts and young researchers
• Provides a global platform for a broad community of experimental and theoretical researchers studying cell membranes, lipid model membranes, and lipid self-assemblies from the micro- to the nanoscale