Micelles have demonstrated an excellent ability to deliver several different types of
therapeutic agents, including chemotherapy drugs, proteins, small‐interfering RNA and …

Gene therapy represents a potential efficient approach of disease prevention and therapy.
However, due to their poor in vivo stability, gene molecules need to be associated with …

Recovering high quality genomic DNA from environmental samples is a crucial primary step
to understand the genetic, metabolic, and evolutionary characteristics of microbial …

Newly synthesized gemini quaternary ammonium salts (QAS) with different counterions
(bromide, hydrogen chloride, methylcarbonate, acetate, lactate), chain lengths (C12, C14 …

Over the last few years, DNA–surfactant complexes have gained traction as unique and
powerful materials for potential applications ranging from optoelectronics to biomedicine …

New pyridinium gemini amphiphiles having ethane-1, 2-dithiol spacer have been
synthesized by regioselective electrophilic cobromination of α-olefins. Ethane-1, 2-dithiol (1) …

Nucleic acids are a special class of negatively charged polymers, and they can complex with
cationic small molecules and polymers to form polyelectrolyte complexes of rich …

Gemini surfactants, due to their unique structural features and enhanced properties
compared to conventional surfactants, are becoming more popular in the domain of colloid …

Emergent diseases caused by viral and bacterial infections have proven to be a current and
future challenge. The occurrence of these diseases is usually accompanied by the lack of …

The use of cationic lipids (CLs) as transfecting agents of DNA has received an increasing
attention in the last two decades. In order to improve the transfection efficiency with lower …