Droplet interface bilayer (DIB) is a lipid bilayer formed when two lipid monolayer-coated
aqueous droplets are brought in contact within an oil phase. DIBs, especially post …

Diphytanoylphosphatidyl choline (DPhPC) is a synthetic ester lipid with methylated tails
found in archaeal ether lipids. Because of the stability of DPhPC bilayers and the absence of …

A multiscale continuum model is constructed for a mechanosensitive (MS) channel gated by
tension in a lipid bilayer membrane under stresses due to fluid flows. We illustrate that for …

Fully fluidic three‐phase droplet interface bilayers (DIBs) are convenient systems for studies
of physiochemical properties of lipid‐stabilized interfaces as well as for reconstitution of …

Droplet interface bilayer (DIB) networks allow for the construction of stimuli-responsive,
membrane-based materials. Traditionally used for studying cellular transport phenomena …

Droplet interface bilayers have found applications in the development of biologically-
inspired mechanosensors. In this research, a comprehensive flexoelectric framework has …

MscL, a large conductance mechanosensitive channel (MSC), is a ubiquitous osmolyte
release valve that helps bacteria survive abrupt hypo-osmotic shocks. It has been …

Phospholipid bilayers are the major component of cell membranes that regulate ion
permeation and molecular transport. The mechanical response of these bilayers to various …

Biologically inspired droplet interface bilayers have found applications in the development of
hair cell sensors and other mechanotransduction applications. In this research, the …

This dissertation presents a new boundary integral equation (BIE) method for simulating
vesicle flows through periodic geometries. We begin by describing the periodization …