Non-lamellar lyotropic liquid crystalline lipid nanoparticles for the next generation of nanomedicine

J Zhai, C Fong, N Tran, CJ Drummond - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nonlamellar lyotropic liquid crystalline (LLC) lipid nanomaterials have emerged as a
promising class of advanced materials for the next generation of nanomedicine, comprising …

Nature‐Inspired design and application of lipidic lyotropic liquid crystals

R Mezzenga, JM Seddon, CJ Drummond… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Amphiphilic lipids aggregate in aqueous solution into a variety of structural arrangements.
Among the plethora of ordered structures that have been reported, many have also been …

Advances in lyotropic liquid crystal systems for skin drug delivery

AVP Silvestrini, AL Caron, J Viegas… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) are organized mesophases with
intermediate properties between liquids and solids. The LLC and its liquid crystalline …

Factors affecting the structure of lyotropic liquid crystals and the correlation between structure and drug diffusion

Y Huang, S Gui - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) formed by the self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules in a
solvent (usually water) have attracted increasingly greater attention in the last few decades …

Cubosomes and hexosomes as versatile platforms for drug delivery

IDM Azmi, SM Moghimi, A Yaghmur - Therapeutic delivery, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Nonlamellar liquid crystalline phases are attractive platforms for drug solubilization and
targeted delivery. The attractiveness of this formulation principle is linked to the …

[HTML][HTML] Direct visualization of dispersed lipid bicontinuous cubic phases by cryo-electron tomography

D Demurtas, P Guichard, I Martiel, R Mezzenga… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Bulk and dispersed cubic liquid crystalline phases (cubosomes), present in the body and in
living cell membranes, are believed to play an essential role in biological phenomena …

Responsive self-assembled nanostructured lipid systems for drug delivery and diagnostics

WK Fong, R Negrini, JJ Vallooran, R Mezzenga… - Journal of colloid and …, 2016 - Elsevier
While stimuli-responsive polymers have received a huge amount of attention in the
literature, responsive lipid-based mesophase systems offer unique opportunities in …

Tailoring lyotropic liquid crystals for skin barrier penetration: Exploring composition and structure–function relationships

S Priya, VM Desai, G Singhvi - Applied Physics Reviews, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) have garnered attention as a promising nanocarrier delivery
system for enhancing skin permeation owing to their unique structural properties, such as …

Comparison of cubosomes and hexosomes for the delivery of phenytoin to the brain

Y Mohammad, RN Prentice, BJ Boyd… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability to formulate cubosomes and hexosomes with a single lipid by changing only the
colloidal stabiliser presents a unique opportunity to directly compare the biological …

Soft condensed matter physics of foods and macronutrients

S Assenza, R Mezzenga - Nature Reviews Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Understanding food properties is paramount for enhancing features such as appearance,
taste and texture, for improving health-related factors such as minimizing the onset of …