Salt effects on the dilational viscoelasticity of surfactant adsorption layers

M Firouzi, VI Kovalchuk, G Loglio, R Miller - Current Opinion in Colloid & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interfacial rheology of adsorbed layers of surfactants, demonstrating the response of the
interface to interfacial deformations, plays a key role in formation and stability of foams and …

[HTML][HTML] Dilational Rheology of Fluid/Fluid Interfaces: Foundations and Tools

E Guzmán, A Maestro, C Carbone, F Ortega, RG Rubio - Fluids, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fluid/fluid interfaces are ubiquitous in science and technology, and hence, the
understanding of their properties presents a paramount importance for developing a broad …

Evaluating the impact of hydrophobic silicon dioxide in the interfacial properties of lung surfactant films

E Guzmán, E Santini, M Ferrari, L Liggieri… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
The interaction of hydrophobic silicon dioxide particles (fumed silicon dioxide), as model air
pollutants, and Langmuir monolayers of a porcine lung surfactant extract has been studied …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation on the relationship between lipid composition and structure in model membranes composed of extracted natural phospholipids

A Santamaria, KC Batchu, G Fragneto, V Laux… - Journal of colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Unravelling the structural diversity of cellular membranes is a paramount
challenge in life sciences. In particular, lipid composition affects the membrane collective …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary surfactant and drug delivery: Vehiculization of a tryptophan-tagged antimicrobial peptide over the air-liquid interfacial highway

C García-Mouton, E Parra-Ortiz, M Malmsten… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work evaluates interaction of pulmonary surfactant (PS) and antimicrobial peptides
(AMPs) in order to investigate (i) if PS can be used to transport AMPs, and (ii) to what extent …

[HTML][HTML] Interfacial dynamics of adsorption layers as supports for biomedical research and diagnostics

E Santini, I Nepita, AG Bykov, F Ravera, L Liggieri… - Colloids and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The input of chemical and physical sciences to life sciences is increasingly important.
Surface science as a complex multidisciplinary research area provides many relevant …

Pulmonary surfactant's interaction with nanocarriers: Nanoscale structural and functional effects

N Gallucci, IR Krauss, G D'Errico, L Paduano - Current Opinion in Colloid & …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review provides an overview of experimental and computational results on the
interaction between nanocarriers of different natures and pulmonary surfactant models that …

[HTML][HTML] Fluid Films as Models for Understanding the Impact of Inhaled Particles in Lung Surfactant Layers

E Guzmán - Coatings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pollution is currently a public health problem associated with different cardiovascular and
respiratory diseases. These are commonly originated as a result of the pollutant transport to …

[HTML][HTML] The lung surfactant activity probed with molecular dynamics simulations

A Stachowicz-Kuśnierz, B Korchowiec… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The surface of pulmonary alveolar subphase is covered with a mixture of lipids and proteins.
This lung surfactant plays a crucial role in lung functioning. It shows a complex phase …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of divalent and monovalent salts on interfacial dilational rheology of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate solutions

P Amani, M Firouzi - Colloids and Interfaces, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study presents the equilibrium surface tension (ST), critical micelle concentration (CMC)
and the dilational viscoelasticity of sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS)-adsorbed …