The bottom-up assembly of biological and chemical components opens exciting
opportunities to engineer artificial vesicular systems for applications with previously unmet …

Hierarchic self-assembly underpins much of the form and function seen in synthetic or
biological soft materials. Lipids are paramount examples, building themselves in nature or …

Hypothesis Lipophilic cannabidiol can be solubilized in oil-in water nanoemulsions, which
can then be impregnated into chitosan hydrogels forming another colloidal system that will …

Bottom-up and top-down approaches to synthetic biology each employ distinct
methodologies with the common aim to harness living systems. Here, we realize a strategic …

Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are microcompartments serving to confine reactions,
allow signaling pathways, or design synthetic cells. Polymer GUVs are composed of …

Hybrid vesicles, made of lipids and amphiphilic block copolymers, have become
increasingly popular thanks to their versatile properties that enable the construction of …

Synthetic cells have a major role in gaining insight into the complex biological processes of
living cells; they also give rise to a range of emerging applications from gene delivery to …

The bottom-up approach in synthetic biology aims to create molecular ensembles that
reproduce the organization and functions of living organisms and strives to integrate them in …

Due to their augmented properties, biomimetic polymer/lipid hybrid compartments are a
promising substitute for natural liposomes in multiple applications, but the protein-free fusion …

A variety of artificial cells springs from the functionalization of liposomes with proteins.
However, these models suffer from low durability without repair and replenishment …