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The Role of Mechanics in the Study of Lipid Bilayers

  • Presents a unique collection of contributions to the physics of lipid biomembranes from the perspective of leading mechanicians
  • Collects original research on the broad theme of lipid membrane physics
  • Contributions to membrane mechanics, thermodynamics, diffusion, flow and electro-mechanics are collected here for the first time
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM, volume 577)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Mechanics and Physics of Lipid Bilayers

    • David J. Steigmann
    Pages 1-61
  3. Elasticity and Hereditariness

    • Luca Deseri
    Pages 63-104
  4. Lipid Membranes: From Self-assembly to Elasticity

    • M. Mert Terzi, Markus Deserno
    Pages 105-166

About this book

This book is the first collection of lipid-membrane research conducted by leading mechanicians and experts in continuum mechanics. It brings the overall intellectual framework afforded by modern continuum mechanics to bear on a host of challenging problems in lipid membrane physics. These include unique and authoritative treatments of differential geometry, shape elasticity, surface flow and diffusion, interleaf membrane friction, phase transitions, electroelasticity and flexoelectricity, and computational modelling. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    David J. Steigmann

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