Membrane Biophysics

✍ Scribed by Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, Jack Tuszynski (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 189
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Physics, mathematics and chemistry all play a vital role in understanding the true nature and functioning of biological membranes, key elements of living processes. Besides simple spectroscopic observations and electrical measurements of membranes we address in this book the phenomena of coexistence and independent existence of different membrane components using various theoretical approaches. This treatment will be helpful for readers who want to understand biological processes by applying both simple observations and fundamental scientific analysis. It provides a deep understanding of the causes and effects of processes inside membranes, and will thus eventually open new doors for high-level pharmaceutical approaches towards fighting membrane- and cell-related diseases.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Structure of Membranes....Pages 9-30
Lipids in Membranes....Pages 31-49
The Membrane as a Transporter, Ion Channels and Membrane Pumps....Pages 51-74
Lipid Bilayer-Membrane Protein Coupling....Pages 75-125
Membrane-Based Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery....Pages 127-149
Membrane-Related Diseases....Pages 151-170
Back Matter....Pages 171-179

✦ Subjects

Membranes;Membrane Biology;Physical Chemistry;Numerical and Computational Physics;Nanoscale Science and Technology;Protein-Ligand Interactions

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