Lipids have been used extensively for drug delivery in various forms such as liposomes, and
solid-matrices. The focus of this review is evaluation of liquid crystalline cubic phases …

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 …

Recent research has provided an abundance of new information on membrane
biochemistry. Now more than ever, it is essential to update our current understanding of …

Lipids have been widely used as main constituents in various drug delivery systems, such
as liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles, nanostructured lipid carriers, and lipid‐based …

A model of the energetics of lipid assemblies (Siegel. 1993. Biophys. J. 65: 2124–2140) is
used to predict the relative free energy of intermediates in the transitions between lamellar …

Lipid-based lyotropic liquid crystals, also referred to as reversed liquid crystalline
mesophases, such as bicontinuous cubic, hexagonal or micellar cubic phases, have …

For the first time the electron density of the lamellar liquid crystalline as well as of the
inverted hexagonal phase could be retrieved at the transition temperature. A reliable …

In recent years it has become evident that many biological functions and processes are
associated with the adoption by cellular membranes of complex geometries, at least locally …

The energy of intermediates in fusion of phospholipid bilayers is sensitive to κ¯ m, the
saddle splay (Gaussian curvature) elastic modulus of the lipid monolayers. The value κ¯ m …

Background Long-acting injectable formulations (LAIFs) have received substantial attention
recently due to their advantages over conventional formulations, including easy …