We demonstrate critical behavior in giant plasma membrane vesicles (GPMVs) that are
isolated directly from living cells. GPMVs contain two liquid phases at low temperatures and …

Membranes containing a wide variety of ternary mixtures of high chain-melting temperature
lipids, low chain-melting temperature lipids, and cholesterol undergo lateral phase …

Recent developments in studies concerning cell-sized vesicles, such as liposomes with a
lipid bilayer and water-in-oil droplets covered by a lipid monolayer, aim to realize the real …

In recent years, new evidence in biomembrane research brought about a holistic,
supramolecular view on membrane-mediated signal transduction. The consequences of …

We used computer simulations to study the effect of phase separation on the properties of
lipid monolayers. This is important for understanding the lipid–lipid interactions underlying …

Cell membranes contain small domains (on the order of nanometers in size, sometimes
called rafts) of lipids whose hydrocarbon chains are more ordered than those of the …

Design of molecules for self-assembled mesoscopic structures with specific functions is an
important and interesting challenge that spans across disciplines such as nanosciences. A …

We fit the size distribution of liquid-ordered (L o) domains measured from fluorescence
images of model cytoplasmic myelin monolayers with an equilibrium thermodynamic …

Peptoids (N-substituted glycines) are a group of highly controllable peptidomimetic
polymers. Amphiphilic diblock peptoids have been engineered to assemble crystalline …

Competition between intradomain electrostatic repulsions and interdomain line tension
leads to domain shape transitions in phase-separating lipid monolayers. The question …