TY - BOOK AU - Heimburg,Thomas TI - Thermal biophysics of membranes SN - 9783527404711 (alk. paper) AV - QH601 .H45 2007 U1 - 571.6/4 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Weinheim PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag KW - Membranes (Biology) KW - Thermal properties KW - Cell Membrane KW - physiology KW - Models, Biological KW - Thermodynamics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-351) and index; Membranes-an introduction -- Membrane structure -- The composition of biological membranes -- Introduction into thermodynamics -- Water -- Lipid melting -- Phase diagrams -- Statistical models for lipid melting -- Lipid-protein interactions -- Diffusion -- Electrostatics -- Adsorption, binding, and insertion of proteins -- Elasticity and curvature -- Thermodynamics of the elastic constants -- Structural transitions -- Relaxation processes in membranes -- Permeability -- Nerve pulse propagation -- Anesthesia ER -