Planar Lipid Bilayers (BLM's) and Their Applications
By- H.T. Tien †, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA
- A. Ottova-Leitmannova, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, Michigan, USA & Centre for Interface Sciences Microelectronics Department, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
The lipid bilayer is the most basic structural element of cell membranes. A wide range of topics are covered in this volume, from the origin of the lipid bilayer concept, to current applications and experimental techniques. Each chapter in this volume is self-contained and describes a group's research, providing detailed methodology and key references useful for researchers. Lipid bilayer research is of great interest to many because of it's interdisciplinary nature.
Audience
Biochemists, biophysicists, colloid and surface chemists, electrochemists, physicists, physiologists, biotechnologists, and others working on membrane phenomena and ultrathin films.
Hardbound, 1044 Pages
Published: February 2003
Imprint: Elsevier
ISBN: 978-0-444-50940-6
Contents
- I. Lipid bilayer principle of biomembranesThe lipid bilayer concept: Experimental realization and current applications; Dielectric and Electrical Properties of Lipid Bilayers in Relation to their StructureII. Ion Selectivity, Specificity, and Membrane ReconstitutionInvestigation of substrate-specific porin channels in lipid bilayer membranes; Reconstitution in planar lipid bilayers of ion channels synthesized in ovo and in vitroIII. BiotechnologySystems Aspects of Supported Membrane Biosensors; Biosensors from interactions of DNA with lipid membranesIV. Light-induced phenomena and spectroscopyPhotoinduced Charge Separation in Lipid Bilayers; Photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes in planar lipid membranes
