Nowadays, the main research topics in our Lab focus on scientific problems in the domain of the lyotropic liquid crystals, interesting from fundamental and also from practical point of view.
Lyotropic Liquid Crystals - Model Lipid Membranes
Leading scientists: Prof. Isak Bivas, PhD., D.Sc., Assoc. Prof. Marin Mitov, PhD., Assist.Prof. Victoria Vitkova, PhD., Julia Genova, physicist
 | Membrane biophysics; |
| Mechanical properties of lipid monolayers and bilayers - theory and experiment; |
| Thermal fluctuation analysis - continuous and stroboscopic illumination - theory and experiment; |
| Micromanipulation of giant lipid vesicles, microemulsion droplets, polymersomes - elasticity, permeability and morphology investigations; |
| Methodology in membrane biophysics. |
Information about the broad range of the research topics from the creation of the Liquid Crystals Laboratory can be found here: History
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Inverted Microscope "AXIOVERT 100" - phase contrast and fluorescence; |
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Narishige Micropipette Puller PB-7; |
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Hamamatsu Image Intensifier Head C2400-80; |
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CCD - Hamamatsu Camera Control Unit C2400-60; |
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Magnetic Stirrer - Bibby Hot Plate HB 502; |
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Analytical Balance - SCALTEC SBA/SBC; |
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Micromanipulator - Carl Zeiss 471845-9901; |
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Stroboscopic Illumination Unit - Xenon Flash Lamp C6096; |
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15 MHz Function/Arbitrary Waveform Generator - Hewlett Packard 33120A; |
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Analogical - Digital Video Converter (frame grabber) Data Translation DT 3155; |
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Linux Slackware 12.0 Server with terminal stations |