Ch. 1. Introduction to liquid crystal biomembranes . 1.1. Liquid crystals. 1.2. Amphiphiles and lyotropic liquid crystals. 1.3. Phase transitions in biomembranes. 1.4. Simple biochemistry of LC biomembranes. 1.5. Artificial bilayers and vesicles -- ch. 2. Curvature elasticity th…
"This book contains a comprehensive description of the mechanical equilibrium and deformation of membranes as a surface problem in differential geometry. Following the pioneering work by W Helfrich, the fluid membrane is seen as a nematic or smectic - A liquid crystal film and i…
"This book contains a comprehensive description of the mechanical equilibrium and deformation of membranes as a surface problem in differential geometry. Following the pioneering work by W Helfrich, the fluid membrane is seen as a nematic or smectic - A liquid crystal film and i…