Handbook of Nonmedical Applications of Liposomes

Danilo D. Lasic, Yechezkel Barenholz, Ching-Hsien Huang, Shusen Li, Ole G Mouritsen, Shlomo Nir.

• Introduction and History, D.D. Lasic1. Elastic Properties of Closed Bilayer Membranes and the Shapes of Giant Phospholipid Vesicles, S. Svetina and B. Zeks2. Shapes of Fluid Vesicles, U. Seifert and R. Lipowsky3. Vesicles of Complex Topology, B. Fourcade, X. Michalet, and D. Bensimon4. Computer Simulation of the Thermodynamic and Conformational Properties of Liposomes, B. Dammann, H.C. Fogedby, J.H. Ipsen, C. Jeppesen, K. Jørgensen, O.G. Mouritsen, J. Risbo, M.C. Sabra, M.M. Speroto, and M.J. Zuckermann5. Molecular Theory of Acyl Chain Packing in Lipid and Lipid-Protein Membranes, D.R. Fattal and A. Ben-Shaul6. On the Mechanisms of the Lamellar®Hexagonal HII Phase Transition and the Biological Significance of the HII Propensity, P.K.J. Kinnunen7. Computational Molecular Models of Lipid Bilayers Containing Mixed-Chain Saturated and Monounsaturated Acyl Chains, C. Huang and S. Li8. Properties of Mixed-Chain Length Phospholipids and Their Relationship to Bilayer Structure, J.T. Mason9. Aggregation Properties of Gangliosides: Micelles and Vesicles, M. Corti and L. Cantù10. Effect of Solutes on the Membrane Lipid Phase Behavior, B. Tenchov and R. Koynova11. Interaction of Membranes in the Presence of Divalent Cations, S. Marcelja12. Use of Liposomes to Model Aggregation and Fusion Phenomena, S. Nir13. Effect of Polymers Attached to Lipid Headgroups on Properties of Liposomes, V.P. Torchilin14. Liposomes in Electric Fields, M. Winterhalter15. Cryoelectron Microscopy of Liposomes, P.M. Fredrick, M.C.A. Stuart, P.H.H. Bomans, and D.D. Lasic