An introduction to Biological Physics is provided by three applications of Statistical Mechanics to current problems of biological interest. They are the possibility of lateral phase separation in the plasma membrane, the design of a vesicle sensitive to its environment which could be used for...

The unusual gyroid phase is described in three different amphiphilic systems. The way in which its existence can be understood in terms of surfaces of constant mean curvature is reviewed, as is the manner in which it can actually be accounted for by standard models of diblock copolymers solved...

Interfaces between lamellar and disordered phases, and grain boundaries within lamellar phases, are investigated employing a simple Landau free energy functional. The former are examined using analytic, approximate methods in the weak segregation limit, leading to density profiles which can...

A microscopic theory of amphiphilic systems is reviewed. It takes the form of a simple lattice model of three components in which one has an amphiphilic interaction with the other two. Results for the phase diagram, the scattering behavior, and the interfacial properties of the system are in...