The necessity for long-term treatments of chronic diseases has encouraged the
development of novel long-acting parenteral formulations intending to improve drug …

Cholesterol has been conjectured to be a modulator of the amyloid cascade, the mechanism
that produces the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides implicated in the onset of Alzheimer's disease …

Our study demonstrates that nanoplasmonic sensing (NPS) can be utilized for the
determination of the phase transition temperature (Tm) of phospholipids. During the phase …

Microfluidic enables precise control over the continuous mixing of fluid phases at the
micrometre scale, aiming to optimize the processing parameters and to facilitate scale-up …

Cholesterol is essential to the formation of phase-separated lipid domains in membranes.
Lipid domains can exist in different thermodynamic phases depending on the molecular …

Despite the environmentally friendly reputation of ionic liquids (ILs), their safety has been
recently questioned given their potential as cytotoxic agents. The fundamental mechanisms …

Fundamental understanding of vesicle adhesion in the size range≤ 200 nm is of major
importance when addressing biologically relevant processes involving the presence of small …

Solid-supported lipid membranes are popular models that connect biological and artificial
materials used in bio-technological applications. Controlling the lipid organization and the …

Lipid membranes are involved in many physiological processes like recognition, signaling,
fusion or remodeling of the cell membrane or some of its internal compartments. Within the …

The correct determination of the phase transition behaviour of phase change materials
(PCMs) is paramount for assessing their application potential. In this work, the merits of a …