Cubosomes in drug delivery—a comprehensive review on its structural components, preparation techniques and therapeutic applications

D Sivadasan, MH Sultan, SS Alqahtani, S Javed - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cubosomes are lipid vesicles that are comparable to vesicular systems like liposomes.
Cubosomes are created with certain amphiphilic lipids in the presence of a suitable …

Cubosomes: remarkable drug delivery potential

Z Karami, M Hamidi - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Cubosomes are among the recent nanostructures attracting attention for drug
delivery.•Biocompatibility and simplicity are the most important advantages of …

Lyotropic liquid crystal engineering moving beyond binary compositional space–ordered nanostructured amphiphile self-assembly materials by design

L van't Hag, SL Gras, CE Conn… - Chemical society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Ordered amphiphile self-assembly materials with a tunable three-dimensional (3D)
nanostructure are of fundamental interest, and crucial for progressing several biological and …

Novel process for producing cubic liquid crystalline nanoparticles (cubosomes)

PT Spicer, KL Hayden, ML Lynch, A Ofori-Boateng… - Langmuir, 2001 - ACS Publications
A novel process for producing cubic liquid crystalline nanoparticles (cubosomes) has been
developed. The process entails simple mixing of two waterlike solutions with a minimal input …

pH-responsive lyotropic liquid crystals for controlled drug delivery

R Negrini, R Mezzenga - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
We present a food-grade lyotropic liquid crystal system, capable of responding to pH
variations with a reversible switch in both the structure and physical properties. The system …

Characterization and potential applications of nanostructured aqueous dispersions

A Yaghmur, O Glatter - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2009 - Elsevier
The present article highlights recent advances and current status in the characterization and
the utilization of nanostructured aqueous dispersions in which the submicron-sized …

Cubosomes: an overview

G Garg, S Saraf, S Saraf - Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2007 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Cubosomes are nanoparticles but instead of the solid particles, cubosomes are self-
assembled liquid crystalline particles of certain surfactant with proper ratio of water with a …

Advances in lyotropic liquid crystal systems for skin drug delivery

AVP Silvestrini, AL Caron, J Viegas… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) are organized mesophases with
intermediate properties between liquids and solids. The LLC and its liquid crystalline …

Glycerol monooleate liquid crystalline phases used in drug delivery systems

S Milak, A Zimmer - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2015 - Elsevier
During the last few decades, both scientific and applied research communities have shown
increased attention to self-assembled lyotropic liquid crystalline phases of polar lipids, due …

[HTML][HTML] Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering applied to lipid-based nanoparticles: Recent advancements across different length scales

L Caselli, L Conti, I De Santis, D Berti - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Lipid-based nanoparticles (LNPs), ranging from nanovesicles to non-lamellar
assemblies, have gained significant attention in recent years, as versatile carriers for …