Offers the first collection of reviews on vesicle shapes and topology from the world's leading laboratories * Includes never-before published reviews on vesicles in electric field and cryoelectron microscopy * Details cholesterol interactions with lipid bilayers * Provides computer simulations and molecular dynamics of lipid systems * Covers thermodynamics of liposomal systems Liposomes have become an important model in fundamental biomembrane research, including biophysical, biochemical, and cell biological studies of membranes and cell function. They are thoroughly studied in applications, such as drug delivery systems in medical applications and as controlled release systems, microencapsulating media, signal carriers, support matrices, and solubilizers in other applications. While medical applications have been extensively reviewed in recent literature, there is a need for easily accessible information on applications for liposomes beyond pharmacology and medicine.