Research on giant vesicles is becoming increasingly popular. Giant vesicles provide model
biomembrane systems for systematic measurements of mechanical and rheological …

Fast digital imaging was used to study the deformation and poration of giant unilamellar
vesicles subjected to electric pulses. For the first time the dynamics of response and …

We investigate the bilayer pre-transition exhibited by some lipids at temperatures below their
main phase transition, and which is generally associated to the formation of periodic ripples …

The fundamental structural unit of biological membranes is mostly a highly dynamic, liquid-
crystalline phospholipid bilayer that acts as a permeability barrier. The concept of a …

The aggregation of the intrinsically disordered tau protein into highly ordered β-sheet-rich
fibrils is implicated in the pathogenesis of a range of neurodegenerative disorders. The …

We have determined the mixing properties and lamellar organization of bacterial membrane
mimetics composed of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine (POPE) and …

Phenylpropanoid glycosides are water-soluble compounds widely distributed, most of them
deriving from medicinal herbs. Among them, verbascoside or acteoside has exhibited a wide …

Stomatosomes and related structures formed by perforated fluid bilayer have been identified
in a number of systems comprising surfactants and/or lipids. The types of system show a …

Oleuropein (Ole) is the major phenolic constituent of the olive leaf (Olea europaea) and it is
also present in olive oil and fruit. In the last years several compounds from olive tree …

In order to make more efficient chitosan-based nanoparticles for transfection in physiological
condition, chitosomes composed of chitosan modified with arginine and complexed with …