The Structure and Conformation of Amphiphilic Membranes: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Amphiphilic Membranes, Julich, Germany, September 16-18, 1991
The Structure and Conformation of Amphiphilic Membranes: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Amphiphilic Membranes, Julich, Germany, September 16-18, 1991
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Membranes composed of amphiphilic molecules are highly flexible surfaces
that determine the architecture of biological systems and provide a basic
structural element for complex fluids such as microemulsions. Recently,
a variety of new experimental methods such as X-ray scattering, neutron scattering, and atomic force microscopy have been used in order to study themolecular structure of these membranes. Their conformational behavior, on
the other hand, is studied by optical and electron microscopy,
which reveals that membranes in aqueous solution exhibit an amazing
variety of different shapes. Several theoretical concepts are described suchas bending elasticity, curvature, and minimal surfaces in order to
understand this polymorphism. These concepts are also useful to describe
the behavior of membranes in complex fluids where they can build up
hexagonal, lamellar, triply-periodic, cubic, and sponge phases. The
contributions to this volume provide an up-to-date overview and describe thestate-of-the-art of this rapidly evolving field of research.
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