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Advances in planar lipid bilayers and liposomes. Volume nineteen /
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 mu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waltham [Massachusetts] ; San Diego, California :
Academic Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter One: Charged Particles can Mediate Attraction Between Equally Charged Membranes-Theoretical Study; 1. Biological Systems in Electrolyte Solutions; 1.1. Cell membrane structure and its electric properties; 2. Theoretical Basis; 2.1. Electric double layer theory; 2.2. Some important parameters in the electrostatics of membranes; 3. Theoretical Methods and Simulation; 3.1. Poisson-Boltzmann equation with additional boundary conditions
- 3.2. Functional density theory for spherical counterions and co-ions3.3. Monte Carlo simulations; 3.3.1. Particle ensemble; 3.3.2. Simulation box; 3.3.3. Trial moves; 3.3.4. Computation of potential; 3.3.5. Evaluation; 4. Application of Methods to Different Biological Systems; 4.1. Attraction between negatively charged vesicles in contact with a solution of plasma proteins; 4.1.1. Model parameters; 4.1.2. Results and discussion; 4.2. Electrostatic interactions between osteoblasts and an implant surface; 4.2.1. Model parameters; 4.2.2. Results and discussion
- 6.3. Incubation time of lipid and DNA6.4. Composition of compressed gas of nebulizer; 6.5. Physiological conditions of the lung; 7. Novel Strategies for Pulmonary Delivery of Genes; 8. Conclusions; References; Chapter Three: Giant Unilamellar Vesicles and Suspended Nanobilayers as Model Systems for Biophysical Research; 1. Introduction; 2. Giant Unilamellar Vesicles; 2.1. Applications of GUVs; 2.2. Approaches to GUV formation; 2.2.1. Film-hydration methods; 2.2.2. Emulsion methods; 2.2.3. Other methods; 2.2.4. Choosing a suitable technique; 3. Case Study: Nanobilayers on Glass Supports