The lipid bilayer is one of the most eloquent and important self-assembled structures in
nature. It not only provides a protective container for cells and sub-cellular compartments …

The controlled transfer of organized monolayers of amphiphilic molecules from the air-water
interface to a solid substrate was the first molecular-scale technology for the creation of new …

A technique for the production of supported phospholipid bilayers by adsorption and fusion
of small unilamellar vesicles to supported phospholipid monolayers on quartz is described …

MICELLES that can catalyse their replication have been described recently1–3. In the
previous experiments, micelles (or bilayer vesicles4) were always present in the initial …

Adhesion and cytoskeletal structure are intimately related in biological cell function. Even
with the vast amount of biological and biochemical data that exist, little is known at the …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is part of a range of emerging microscopic methods for
biologists which offer the magnification range of both the light and electron microscope, but …

Here we review the applications of atomic force microscopy to the study of samples of
biological origin. Emphasis is given to provide the reader with information on the broad …

This volume chronicles the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Contact
Angle, Wettability and Adhesion held in Providence, Rhode Island, May 20a 23, 2002. This …

Under physiological conditions, multicomponent biological membranes undergo structural
changes which help define how the membrane functions. An understanding of …

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and its Application presents a unified view of the rapidly
growing field of STM, and its many derivatives. A thorough discussion of the various …