Analytical characterization of liposomes and other lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery

Y Fan, M Marioli, K Zhang - Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lipid nanoparticles, especially liposomes and lipid/nucleic acid complexed nanoparticles
have shown great success in the pharmaceutical industry. Their success is attributed to …

Microfluidic methods for forming liposomes

D van Swaay, A DeMello - Lab on a Chip, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Liposome structures have a wide range of applications in biology, biochemistry, and
biophysics. As a result, several methods for forming liposomes have been developed. This …

Octanol-assisted liposome assembly on chip

S Deshpande, Y Caspi, AEC Meijering… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Liposomes are versatile supramolecular assemblies widely used in basic and applied
sciences. Here we present a novel microfluidics-based method, octanol-assisted liposome …

Controlled division of cell-sized vesicles by low densities of membrane-bound proteins

J Steinkühler, RL Knorr, Z Zhao, T Bhatia… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The proliferation of life on earth is based on the ability of single cells to divide into two
daughter cells. During cell division, the plasma membrane undergoes a series of …

Gel-assisted formation of giant unilamellar vesicles

A Weinberger, FC Tsai, GH Koenderink, TF Schmidt… - Biophysical journal, 2013 - cell.com
Giant unilamellar vesicles or GUVs are systems of choice as biomimetic models of cellular
membranes. Although a variety of procedures exist for making single walled vesicles of tens …

Self-assembly concepts for multicompartment nanostructures

AH Gröschel, AHE Müller - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Compartmentalization is ubiquitous to many biological and artificial systems, be it for the
separate storage of incompatible matter or to isolate transport processes. Advancements in …

Versatile phospholipid assemblies for functional synthetic cells and artificial tissues

X Wang, H Du, Z Wang, W Mu, X Han - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The bottom‐up construction of a synthetic cell from nonliving building blocks capable of
mimicking cellular properties and behaviors helps to understand the particular biophysical …

Liposomes and lipid bilayers in biosensors

F Mazur, M Bally, B Städler, R Chandrawati - Advances in colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biosensors for the rapid, specific, and sensitive detection of analytes play a vital role in
healthcare, drug discovery, food safety, and environmental monitoring. Although a number …

A Chemical Reaction Network Drives Complex Population Dynamics in Oscillating Self-Reproducing Vesicles

Z Zhang, MG Howlett, E Silvester… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report chemically fueled oscillations of vesicles. The population cycling of vesicles is
driven by their self-reproduction and collapse within a biphasic reaction network involving …

Biocatalytic self-assembled synthetic vesicles and coacervates: From single compartment to artificial cells

D Gaur, NC Dubey, BP Tripathi - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Compartmentalization is an intrinsic feature of living cells that allows spatiotemporal control
over the biochemical pathways expressed in them. Over the years, a library of …