… many membranes and is not found in bacterial membranes. Whilst there have been many
excellent physical studies of natural lipids from biological membranes, … and in cell membranes. …

… states have certain properties of both liquids and solids. For example, in general they can …
a crystal) and, at the same time, they can flow as a liquid. Before the discovery of liquid crystals …

… occurring liquid crystals are fundamentally linked to the functions of certain biological
systems. This review focuses primarily on the liquid crystalline properties of cell membranes and …

… Then we will examine the molecules that comprise cellular structures such as cellular
membranes and how they function (Chapters 5-11). With this information, we can begin to develop …

… ie liquid crystal) phase uniquely appropriate to the structure of protoplasm and living tissue.'
The lipid components of cell membranes have … important for cell membrane organization and …

… mimics of biological membrane assemblies. Polymer membranes have the advantages of
being … We report on the development of 2D- and 3D-membrane nanocomposites based upon …

… up cell membranes, and affect the functioning of hair cells in … feature of liquid crystals,
exemplified by liquid-crystal displays … , liquid crystals are not crystals, and they need not be liquids. …

… correspondence has been established between thermotropic transformations in cell
membranes and in model systems consisting of liposomes, sonicated vesicles, and liquid crystals. …

… lysed cells; these techniques are aimed at large molecular weight compounds.6 Our design
of polymer-encapsulated liquid crystal (LC) droplets immobilized on the cell membrane can …

… liquid crystal (LC)-based system to study the biophysical interactions between protein-coated
gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and LC-supported cell membrane … and cell membrane is an …