Composition and Biophysical Properties of Lipid Membranes
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological Membranes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1422
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biophysics; microbiology; antimicrobial agents; porins; bacteria
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Membranes are key components of cells, comprising mainly lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates, which are involved in signaling and cell recognition. The membrane composition modulates its properties, as fluidity, phase behavior, asymmetry, permeability, and elasticity, and undergoes changes in (patho)physiological conditions, which impact membrane-driven processes. Therefore, insights on membrane’s biophysical features are crucial to improve the knowledge on molecular membrane mechanisms. Therefore, mimetic membrane model systems have been widely used for the biophysical characterization of membranes through isothermal titration calorimetry, surface plasmon resonance, Langmuir isotherms, dynamic light scattering, circular dichroism spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, UV–vis and fluorescence spectroscopy, confocal microscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering, and computational biophysical methods, among others.
This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for different biophysical approaches regarding the composition and biophysical properties of lipid membranes. I am pleased to invite you to submit manuscripts, including original research articles or reviews.
I am looking forward to receiving your contributions to the Special Issue ‘Composition and Biophysical Properties of Lipid Membranes’.
Dr. Mariana Ferreira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mimetic membrane model systems
- membrane permeability
- membrane dynamics
- cell recognition and signaling
- lipid rafts
- lipid–protein interactions
- biophysical methods
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