The 5th European Conference on Neutron Scattering was held in Prague in July 17-22, 2011. It was organized on behalf on the European Neutron Scattering Association (ENSA) by the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague and the Nuclear Physics Institute of the ASCR. Neutron scattering brought together scientists from many disciplines. In the tradition of ECNS conferences, all aspects of the technique and the application of neutron scattering were discussed. and Petr Lukáš, Vladimír Sechovský.
Biological membrane mimetics, such as liposomes, lipid bilayers and model membranes, are used in a broad range of scientific and technological applications due to the unique physical properties of these amphiphilic aggregates. They serve as platforms for studying soft matter physics of membranes and membrane dynamics, interactions of bilayers with drugs, and effects of various additives of environmental changes. State-of-the-art research takes advantage of the combination of the brilliance of X-ray scattering sources with peculiar properties of neutrons and the power of computer simulations. The advances in chemistry, and in particular the possibility of deuteration, enables improved experimental spatial resolution and the ability to pi-point labels within membranes. It is only a matter of time for many biological functions, which occur at the membrane interface, to be matched with the structural properties of these membranes., Článok referuje o zákonitostiach stavby lipidových membrán a ich interakciách s biologicky aktívnymi molekulami. Vplyv iónov nachádzajúcich sa v prirodzenom prostredí bunkovej membrány, anestetický efekt alkánov a účinok cholesterolu a melatonínu pri zabudovaní do membrány je diskutovaný najmä z pohľadu zmeny štruktúry lipidovej matrice membrány. Štruktúrne výsledky sú získané pomocou experimentálnych prístupov, pričom dôraz sa kladie na pokrok dosiahnutý v metódach využívajúcich moderné zdroje röntgenového žiarenia a neutrónov., Norbert Kučerka., and Obsahuje bibliografii