Amphiphilic membranes have been intensively studied during the last of years. The contributions to this volume provide an up-to-date overview with special emphasis on the molecular structure of membranes, conformation of membranes, and membranes in complex fluids.

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The Structure and Conformation of Amphiphilic Membranes: Overview.- I Molecular Structure of Membranes.- Monolayers of Amphiphilic Molecules.- The Determination of the Structure of a Mixed Surfactant Monolayer by Specular Neutron Reflection.- Does the Scanning Force Microsope Resolve Individual Lipid Molecules?.- Domain Formation in a Lipid Monolayer.- Structure and Dynamics of Planar and Spherical Supported Phospholipid Bilayers.- Translational Diffusion and Fluid Phase Connectivity in Multi-Component, Multi-Phase Lipid Bilayer Membranes.- Estimation of Gel and Fluid Domain Sizes in Two-Component Lipid Bilayers.- Phosphatidyl-Glycerol in Mixtures with Positively Charged Amphiphiles: A 2H- and 31P-NMR Study of the Phase Behaviour and Headgroup Structure.- Diffusion Controlled Reactions in Two-Dimensional Space. The Pyrene Excimer Example.- Ripple Phase in Mixed Model Membrane.- Microscopic Theory for the Ripple Phase.- The Influence of Local Anaesthetics on the Temperature and Pressure Dependent Phase Behaviour of Model Biomembranes.- Bilayer Elasticity and Its Effects on Channel-Forming Peptides.- Interaction of Charged and Uncharged Calcium Channel Antagonists with Phospholipid Membranes. Binding Equilibrium, Binding Enthalpy, and Membrane Location.- Melittin-Induced Reversible Micelle? Bilayer Transition.- Theory of Hydration Forces.- Force Equilibria Between Charged Surfaces with Confined Polyelectrolyte Chains.- II Conformation of Membranes.- Budding Transition for Bilayer Fluid Vesicles with Area-Difference Elasticity.- Some Remarks on the Shape of Toroidal Vesicles.- The Effect of Membrane Elasticity on Shapes of Nearly Spherical Phospholipid Vesicles.- Electron Microscopy of Biological Model Membranes.- Erythrocytes Membranes: Tethered Shells with Fluid-LikeDeformation Regime.- The Isolated Human Red Blood Cell Skeleton: An Example of a Flexible Tethered Membrane.- Dynamics of Flat Membranes and Flickering in Red Blood Cells.- A New Cell Model Actin Networks Encaged by Giant Vesicles.- Numerical Simulations of Vesicular and Red Blood Cell Shapes in Three Dimensions.- Dynamic Coupling and Nonlocal Curvature Elasticity in Bilayer Membranes.- Phospholipid Membrane Local and Non-Local Bending Moduli Determined by Tether Formation from Aspirated Vesicles.- Vesicle-Substrate Interaction Studied by Reflection Interference Contrast Microscopy.- Surface Induced Fusion of Vesicles into Planar Bilayers.- The Shape of an Adhered Membrane Cylinder.- Deformation of Giant Lipid Vesicles in an Electric Field.- The Effect of the Electric Field on the Shapes of Phospholipid Vesicles.- AC Field Controlled Formation of Giant Fluctuating Vesicles and Bending Elasticity Measurements.- III Membranes in Complex Fluids.- Micelles and Vesicles of Gangliosides.- Self-Assembly of Bipolar Lipids.- Determination of Size and Structure of Lipid IVA Vesiclesin by Quasi-Elastic Light Scattering and Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering.- Multicomponent Vesicular Aggregates (MCVA): Spontaneous Vesiculation of Perfluorinated Single-Chain Surfactant Mixtures.- Formation of Colloid and Liquid Crystal Phases of Magnesium Dodecylbenzenesulfonate: Interpretation by Fractals.- Ginzburg-Landau Theory of Bulk and Interfacial Properties of Amphiphilic Systems.- Shape and Size Fluctuation of Microemulsion Droplets.- Microemulsions in Technical Processes.- The Effect of Additives on Surfactant Sheets in Microemulsions.- Membrane Curvature and Structural Transitions for Charged/Uncharged Phospholipid Mixtures.- Epitaxial Relationships Between Adjacent Phases in HydratedMonoolein.- Films of Amphiphiles and Minimal Surfaces.- Phase Transitions in Cubic Amphiphilic Crystals.- Elasticity and Excitations of Minimal Crystals.- Inverse Micellar Cubic Phases of Lipids.- Swollen Lyotropic Cubic Phases in Fully Hydrated Mixtures of Monoolein, Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine, and Dioleoylphosphatidylethanolamine.- Surfactant Phases with Bilayer Structures and Their Rheological Properties.- Sponge Phases.- Structural Inversion Processes in Three-Component Ionic Microemulsion Siudied by Small Angle Neutron Scattering.- The L3 Phase Microstructure in the AOT-Brine System has a Low Average Coordination Number.- Hydrodynamic Modes of a Viscoelastic Membrane or Interface.- The Undulation Mode of Freely Suspended Liquid Films.- Index of Contributors.