Bilayer Lipid Membranes. Structure and Mechanical Properties

Introduction. 1. The Elasticity and Viscosity of Biological Membranes. 2. The Measurement of the Elastic Modulus EBOTTOM of Lipid Bilayer Membranes in a Transversal Direction. 3. Methods to Measure the Viscoelasticity of Bilayer Lipid Membranes and Liposomes. 4. The Peculiarity of the Electrical Field in Membranes and an Evaluation of their Capacitance. 5. The Bilayer Lipid Membrane as a Viscoelastic Body. 6. The Application of the Phenomena of the Generation of Higher Current Harmonics to the Solution of Different Biophysical Tasks and a Comparison of Microscopic and Macroscopic Parameters of Lipid Bilayers. 7. The Mechanical Properties of Lipid Bilayer under Different Action. 8. The Mechanical and Thermodynamical Properties of Lipid Bilayer due to the Incorporation and Conformational Changes of Membrane Proteins. 9. The Distortion of the Structure of Lipid Bilayer around Membrane Proteins and the Problems of Long-Distance Interactions. 10. The Mechanics of Lipid Bilayers and the Problems of Mechanoreception. Epilogue. Bibliography. Index.