Cubosomes: the next generation of smart lipid nanoparticles?

HMG Barriga, MN Holme… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cubosomes are highly stable nanoparticles formed from the lipid cubic phase and stabilized
by a polymer based outer corona. Bicontinuous lipid cubic phases consist of a single lipid …

Non-classical crystallization in soft and organic materials

JS Du, Y Bae, JJ De Yoreo - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Classical nucleation and crystal growth theories describe how nuclei form, become stable
after reaching a critical size and then enlarge through monomer attachment. More than two …

Pulmonary surfactant: a mighty thin film

F Possmayer, YY Zuo, RAW Veldhuizen… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Pulmonary surfactant is a critical component of lung function in healthy individuals. It
functions in part by lowering surface tension in the alveoli, thereby allowing for breathing …

Self-Assembly of block copolymers into internally ordered microparticles

CK Wong, X Qiang, AHE Müller, AH Gröschel - Progress in Polymer …, 2020 - Elsevier
Block copolymer (BCP) self-assembly is one of the most versatile concepts for the bottom-up
design of functional nanostructures in materials science, nanomedicine and …

Non-lamellar lyotropic liquid crystalline lipid nanoparticles for the next generation of nanomedicine

J Zhai, C Fong, N Tran, CJ Drummond - ACS nano, 2019 - ACS Publications
Nonlamellar lyotropic liquid crystalline (LLC) lipid nanomaterials have emerged as a
promising class of advanced materials for the next generation of nanomedicine, comprising …

Porous polymer cubosomes with ordered single primitive bicontinuous architecture and their sodium–iodine batteries

L **ang, S Yuan, F Wang, Z Xu, X Li… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bicontinuous porous materials, which possess 3D interconnected pore channels facilitating
a smooth mass transport, have attracted much interest in the fields of energy and catalysis …

Nature‐Inspired design and application of lipidic lyotropic liquid crystals

R Mezzenga, JM Seddon, CJ Drummond… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Amphiphilic lipids aggregate in aqueous solution into a variety of structural arrangements.
Among the plethora of ordered structures that have been reported, many have also been …

Cubosomes for topical delivery of the antimicrobial peptide LL-37

L Boge, K Hallstensson, L Ringstad… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the use of cubosomes for topical delivery of the antimicrobial peptide (AMP) LL-
37 was investigated. Topical delivery of AMPs is of great interest for treatment of skin …

Advances in structural design of lipid-based nanoparticle carriers for delivery of macromolecular drugs, phytochemicals and anti-tumor agents

A Angelova, VM Garamus, B Angelov, Z Tian… - Advances in colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present work highlights recent achievements in development of nanostructured
dispersions and biocolloids for drug delivery applications. We emphasize the key role of …

Liquid crystalline inverted lipid phases encapsulating siRNA enhance lipid nanoparticle mediated transfection

R Pattipeiluhu, Y Zeng, MMRM Hendrix… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Efficient cytosolic delivery of RNA molecules remains a formidable barrier for RNA
therapeutic strategies. Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) serve as state-of-the-art carriers that can …