Small bilayer lipid aggregates such as bicelles provide useful isotropic or anisotropic
membrane mimetics for structural studies of biological membranes. We have shown …

Cholesteryl cyclodextrins, obtained by grafting a cholesterol moiety on the oligosaccharide
core, combine the size selectivity of the cyclodextrin cavity with the carrier properties of …

When inserted in membranes of dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC), methylated β-
cyclodextrins with one (TrimβMLC) or two (TrimβDLC) lauryl acyl chains grafted onto the …

Cyclodextrins are hydrophilic molecular cages with a hydrophobic interior allowing the
inclusion of water-insoluble drugs. Amphiphilic cyclodextrins obtained by appending a …

With the aim of exploring relationships between the chemical structure and the physico-
chemical properties of amphiphilic β-cyclodextrin, a reappraisal of the obtaining of pure …

Amphiphilic cyclodextrins, with a cholesterol anchor (βChol) or an aspartic acid moiety
esterified by two lauryl acyl chains (βDLC), were designed to combine the inclusion ability of …

Model lipid membranes have long been employed in a variety of biophysical techniques to
circumvent the complexity of natural membranes when studying their constituents or …

Artificial supramolecular-hierarchical structures that emulate nature represent an
overcoming alternative for the design of new drug delivery systems. Thermodynamic and …

Abstract Model-membrane systems composed of liquid-crystalline bicellar phases can be
uniaxially oriented with respect to a magnetic field, thereby facilitating structural and …

Bicelles, composed of a mixture of long and short chain lipids, form nanostructured
molecular assemblies that are attractive lipid-membrane mimics for in vitro studies of integral …