Graphene-based nanomaterials and their interactions with lipid membranes

P Mandal, SK Ghosh - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Graphene-based nanomaterials (GNMs) have captured increasing attention in the recent
advancement of materials science and nanotechnology owing to their excellent …

Deciphering interactions of ionic liquids with biomembrane

VK Sharma, R Mukhopadhyay - Biophysical reviews, 2018 - Springer
Ionic liquids (ILs) are a special class of low-temperature (typically< 100° C) molten salts,
which have huge upsurge interest in the field of chemical synthesis, catalysis …

Selective assembly and insertion of ubiquicidin antimicrobial peptide in lipid monolayers

S Raghav, P Hitaishi, RP Giri, A Mukherjee… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria pose a significant threat to humans, prompting extensive
research into developing new antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). The biomembrane is the first …

[HTML][HTML] Surface structure of few layer graphene

L Zhou, L Fox, M Włodek, L Islas, A Slastanova… - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding surface structure of graphene is important for its integration into composite
materials. Here, we have used synchrotron X-ray reflectivity (XRR) to study the structure of …

Thermodynamics and in-plane viscoelasticity of anionic phospholipid membranes modulated by an ionic liquid

P Hitaishi, A Seth, S Mitra, SK Ghosh - Pharmaceutical Research, 2022 - Springer
This article presents the effects of an imidazolium-based ionic liquid (IL) on the
thermodynamics and in-plane viscoelastic properties of model membranes of anionic …

Interactions of dietary polyphenols with epithelial lipids: Advances from membrane and cell models in the study of polyphenol absorption, transport and delivery to the …

A Reis, R Perez-Gregorio, N Mateus… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Currently, diet-related diseases such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and cardiovascular
diseases account for 70% of all global deaths. To counteract the rising prevalence of non …

Vibronic states and edge-on oriented π-stacking in poly (3-alkylthiophene) thin films

M Saifuddin, S Roy, S Mandal… - ACS Applied Polymer …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The influence of alkyl side-chain length [C n H2 n+ 1 (A), where n= 6 (hexyl), 8 (octyl), 12
(dodecyl)] and thermal annealing (TA) and the definite roles of these in the quantity and …

Thermodynamics of interaction of ionic liquids with lipid monolayer

G Bhattacharya, S Mitra, P Mandal, S Dutta, RP Giri… - Biophysical …, 2018 - Springer
Understanding the interaction of ionic liquids with cellular membrane becomes utterly
important to comprehend the activities of these liquids in living organisms. Lipid monolayer …

Surface activities of a lipid analogue room-temperature ionic liquid and its effects on phospholipid membrane

S Mitra, R Das, A Singh, MK Mukhopadhyay, G Roy… - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
There are great efforts of synthesizing imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) for developing
new antibiotics as these molecules have shown strong antibacterial activities. Compared to …

Partitioning of a hybrid lipid in domains of saturated and unsaturated lipids in a model cellular membrane

P Hitaishi, P Mandal, SK Ghosh - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
The cellular membranes are composed of hundreds of components such as lipids, proteins,
and sterols that are chemically and physically distinct from each other. The lipid–lipid and …