The atomic force microscope (AFM) has a unique capability of allowing the high-resolution
imaging of biological samples on substratum surfaces in physiological solutions. Recent …

Vesicle fusion has long provided an easy and reliable method to form supported lipid
bilayers (SLBs) from simple, zwitterionic vesicles on siliceous substrates. However, for …

Although massive membrane rearrangements occur during cell division, little is known about
specific roles that lipids might play in this process. We report that the lipidome changes with …

Many nanocarrier cancer therapeutics currently under development, as well as those used
in the clinical setting, rely upon the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect to …

Cell membranes are typically very complex, consisting of a multitude of different lipids and
proteins. Supported lipid bilayers are widely used as model systems to study biological …

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is part of a range of emerging microscopic methods for
biologists which offer the magnification range of both the light and electron microscope, but …

Cellular membranes are complex structures and simplified analogues in the form of model
membranes or biomembranes are used as platforms to understand fundamental properties …

Cholesterol (Chol) plays the essential function of regulating the physical properties of the
cell membrane by controlling the lipid organization and phase behavior and, thus, managing …

Drug delivery with nanocarriers relies on the interaction of individual nanocarriers with the
cell surface. For lipid-based NCs, this interaction uniquely involves a process of membrane …

To gain a better understanding of how monovalent salt under physiological conditions
affects plasma membranes, we have performed 200 ns atomic-scale molecular dynamics …