A Tribute to Marin D. Mitov

Content: 
Title Page
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Preface
Pages ix-x
Aleš Iglič, Julia Genova

Contributors
Pages xi-xiii

Chapter One - Marin Mitov Lectures: Measuring the Bending Elasticity of Lipid Bilayers
Pages 1-27
Julia Genova

Chapter Two - Formation of Curved Membranes and Membrane Fusion Processes Studied by Synchrotron X-ray-Scattering Techniques
Pages 29-54
Michael Rappolt

Chapter Three - Overview of a Quest for Bending Elasticity Measurement
Pages 55-75
Philippe Méléard, Tanja Pott

Chapter Four - Extracting Interaction Parameters and Intrinsic Properties of Membrane from Correlations of Giant Vesicle Shape Fluctuations
Pages 77-88
Hélène Bouvrais, John H. Ipsen

Chapter Five - Lipid Bilayers and Membranes: Material Properties
Pages 89-138
Victoria Vitkova, Alexander G. Petrov

Chapter Six - Interaction of Polylysines with the Surface of Lipid Membranes: The Electrostatic and Structural Aspects
Pages 139-166
Natalia Marukovich, Mark McMurray, Olga Finogenova, Alexey Nesterenko, Oleg Batishchev, Yury Ermakov

Chapter Seven - Developing Cell-Scale Biomimetic Systems: A Tool for Understanding Membrane Organization and Its Implication in Membrane-Associated Pathological Processes
Pages 167-213
Galya Staneva, Albena Momchilova, Kamen Koumanov, Miglena I. Angelova

Chapter Eight - Carotenoid–Lipid Interactions
Pages 215-236
Antoaneta V. Popova, Atanaska S. Andreeva

Chapter Nine - Theory of Phase Transitions: From Magnets to Biomembranes
Pages 237-285
Hassan Chamati

Chapter Ten - Interaction of Cadmium and Mercury Ions with Bilayer Lipid Membranes Containing Channels
Pages 287-297
Maria J. Dencheva-Zarkova, Stanimira B. Naydenova, Alexander G. Petrov

Chapter Eleven - High-Resolution Solid-State NMR of Lipid Membranes
Pages 299-329
Boyan B. Bonev

Chapter Twelve - Thermal Fluctuations of Phospholipid Vesicles Studied by Monte Carlo Simulations
Pages 331-357
Miha Fošnarič, Samo Penič, Aleš Iglič, Isak Bivas

Subject Index
Pages 359-368