Cells are integral to all forms of life due to their compartmentalization by the plasma
membrane. However, living organisms are immensely complex. Thus there is a need for …

Liposomes are ubiquitous tools in biomedical applications, such as drug delivery,
membrane science and artificial cell. Micro-and nanofabrication techniques have …

Lipid bilayers can exhibit asymmetric states, in which the physical characteristics of one
leaflet differ from those of the other. This most visibly manifests in a different lipid …

Fabrication of artificial biomimetic materials has attracted abundant attention. As one of the
subcategories of biomimetic materials, artificial cells are highly significant for multiple …

Microfluidic production of giant lipid vesicles presents a paradigm-shift in the development of
artificial cells. While production is high-throughput and the lipid vesicles are mono-disperse …

Living cells are hugely complex chemical systems composed of a milieu of distinct chemical
species (including DNA, proteins, lipids, and metabolites) interconnected with one another …

Many lipid membranes of eukaryotic cells are asymmetric, which means the two leaflets
differ in at least one physical property, such as lipid composition or lateral stress …

Giant liposomes or giant vesicles, with a diameter ranging from 1 to 100 μm, have been
used to examine simple biophysical and biochemical processes in isolation from living cells …

Bottom-up approaches in creating artificial cells that can mimic natural cells have significant
implications for both basic research and translational application. Among various artificial …

Invasion of the red blood cell (RBC) by the Plasmodium parasite defines the start of malaria
disease pathogenesis. To date, experimental investigations into invasion have focused …