Chapter 6. Lateral diffusion in membranes
P.F.F. Almeida and W.L.C. Vaz
Universidade do Algarve, Unidade de Ciëncias Exactas e Humanas,
P-8000 FARO, Portugal
Present address of P.F.F. Almeida: University of Virginia, Department
of Pharmacology,
Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
1. Introduction
2. Theory
2.1. Diffusion in homogeneous systems3. Experiments in model systems: comparison with theory
2.2. Diffusion in heterogeneous systems
3.1. Diffusion in homogeneous bilayers4. Experiments in biological systems
3.2. Diffusion in two-fluid bilayers
3.3. Restricted diffusion of lipids
3.4. Percolation
4.1. New techniques: single particle tracking5. Concluding remarks
4.2. Restricted diffusion
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Acknowledgments
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