Liposomes under shear: structure, dynamics, and drug delivery applications

S Karaz, E Senses - Advanced NanoBiomed Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The targeted delivery to specific locations while not causing damage to healthy tissues
efficiently remains a challenge in drug delivery systems. Through addressing this issue …

[HTML][HTML] Neutron scattering studies on dynamics of lipid membranes

M Nagao, H Seto - Biophysics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Neutron scattering methods are powerful tools for the study of the structure and dynamics of
lipid bilayers in length scales from sub Å to tens to hundreds nm and the time scales from …

On calculating the bending modulus of lipid bilayer membranes from buckling simulations

J Eid, H Razmazma, A Jraij, A Ebrahimi… - The journal of physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The bending modulus is an important physical constant characterizing lipid membranes.
Different methods have been devised for calculating the bending modulus from simulations …

A mechanical mechanism for vitamin E acetate in e-cigarette/vaping-associated lung injury

M DiPasquale, O Gbadamosi… - Chemical research in …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The outbreak of electronic-cigarette/vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) has made
thousands ill. This lung injury has been attributed to a physical interaction between toxicants …

Interpreting membrane scattering experiments at the mesoscale: the contribution of dissipation within the bilayer

MC Watson, FLH Brown - Biophysical journal, 2010 - cell.com
Neutron spin-echo spectroscopy provides a means to study membrane undulation dynamics
over length scales roughly spanning 10–100 nanometers. Modern interpretation of these …

Small cationic peptides: influence of charge on their antimicrobial activity

JJ Lopez Cascales, S Zenak, J García de La Torre… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The first stage of the action mechanism of small cationic peptides with antimicrobial activity
is ruled by electrostatic interactions between the peptide and the pathogen cell membrane …

Combination of the CHARMM27 force field with united‐atom lipid force fields

N Sapay, DP Tieleman - Journal of computational chemistry, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Computer simulations offer a valuable way to study membrane systems, from simple lipid
bilayers to large transmembrane protein complexes and lipid‐nucleic acid complexes for …

Effect of pH and ibuprofen on the phospholipid bilayer bending modulus

MB Boggara, A Faraone… - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The lipid bilayer bending modulus, characterized by thermal undulations, is often affected by
the presence of membrane active molecules. However, complex interplay between …

Bending elasticity of saturated and monounsaturated phospholipid membranes studied by the neutron spin echo technique

Z Yi, M Nagao, DP Bossev - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We have used neutron spin echo (NSE) spectroscopy to study the effect of bilayer thickness
and monounsaturation (existence of a single double bond on one of the aliphatic chains) on …

On the origin of the anomalous behavior of lipid membrane properties in the vicinity of the chain-melting phase transition

A Kuklin, D Zabelskii, I Gordeliy, J Teixeira, A Brûlet… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Biomembranes are key objects of numerous studies in biology and biophysics of great
importance to medicine. A few nanometers thin quasi two-dimensional liquid crystalline …