Engineered nanomaterials have a wide range of applications and as a result, are
increasingly present in the environment. While they offer new technological opportunities …

In recent years, there has been a heightened interest in the self-assembly of nanoparticles
(NPs) that is mediated by their adsorption onto lipid membranes. The interplay between the …

Abstract Systems with interfaces are abundant in both technological applications and
biology. While a fluid interface separates two fluids, membranes separate the inside of …

Protein inclusions in the membranes of living cells interact via the deformations they impose
on that membrane. Such membrane-mediated interactions lead to sorting and self-assembly …

Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) provide a direct connection between the nano-and the
microregime. On the one hand, these vesicles represent biomimetic compartments with …

The specific delivery of a drug to its site of action also known as targeted drug delivery is a
topic in the field of pharmaceutics studied for decades. One approach extensively …

The paramount relevance of clathrin-coated pits (CCPs) to receptor-mediated endocytosis of
nanoparticles, extracellular vesicles, and viruses has made them the focus of many studies; …

Abstract Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is well known to reduce the infectivity of viral pathogens by
altering their tissue tropism. This effect is induced by upregulation of cholesterol 25 …

Giant vesicles respond to environmental changes by remodeling both their shape and their
local membrane composition. Particularly interesting morphological transitions are provided …