ABSTRACT
Due to the high degree of resemblance to biological membranes,
lipid vesicles are attracting a great deal of attention as a model
cell membrane system. Since the cellular membrane function is
fundamentally related to its essential constituent, the phospholipid
bilayer (Fig. 2.1), the lipid vesicle studies could provide many
answers related to biological membranes (Fig. 3.1). Vesicles enable
studies to be made of biological membrane structure, self-assembly
properties, phase behaviour, transport, and elasticity properties, as
well as their interactions with ions, macromolecules, or products of
nanotehnologies.
