LIFE - AS A MATTER OF FAT Lipids in a Membrane Biophysics Perspective /

• Main Authors: Mouritsen, Ole G. (Author), Bagatolli, Luis A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2016.
• Series: The Frontiers Collection,
• Subjects: Physics.; Food > Biotechnology.; Bioorganic chemistry.; Lipids.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Bioorganic Chemistry.; Lipidology.; Food Science.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.

The present book gives a multi-disciplinary perspective on the physics of life and the particular role played by lipids (fats) and the lipid-bilayer component of cell membranes. The emphasis is on the physical properties of lipid membranes seen as soft and molecularly structured interfaces. By combi...