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Energetics of lipid bilayers with applications to deformations induced by inclusions [PDF]
, 2013 A new energy for the description of large deformations of lipid bilayers is formulated with mathematical rigor. This energy is derived by considering the smectic A liquid crystalline nature of lipid bilayers and the coupling between the deformations of ...
De Vita, R., Stewart, Iain W.
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Multi-Stacked Supported Lipid Bilayer Micropatterning through Polymer Stencil Lift-Off
Membranes, 2015 Complex multi-lamellar structures play a critical role in biological systems, where they are present as lamellar bodies, and as part of biological assemblies that control energy transduction processes.
Yujie Zhu +2 more
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Membranes, 2022 Functional biointerfaces hold broad significance for designing cell-responsive medical implants and sensor devices. Solid-supported phospholipid bilayers are a promising class of biological materials to build bioinspired thin-film coatings, as they can ...
Sigalit Meker +7 more
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Study on Molecular Thermal Energy Transfer in a Lipid Bilayer
Journal of Thermal Science and Technology, 2008 Recently, lipid bilayers attract a great deal of interest as a material with nanoscale structure. Various devices utilizing lipid bilayers, which include some kinds of sensors and molecular sorting devices, have been proposed.
Takeo NAKANO, Taku OHARA, Gota KIKUGAWA
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Journal of Molecular Modeling, 2019 The physical properties of lipid bilayers are sensitive to the specific type and composition of the lipids that make up the many different types of cell membranes.
Ganesh Shahane +3 more
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Dependence of protein-induced lipid bilayer deformations on protein shape [PDF]
, 2022 Membrane proteins typically deform the surrounding lipid bilayer membrane, which can play an important role in the function, regulation, and organization of membrane proteins. Membrane elasticity theory provides a beautiful description of protein-induced lipid bilayer deformations, in which all physical parameters can be directly determined from ...
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Molecules, 2018 Fluidity of lipid membranes is known to play an important role in the functioning of living organisms. The fluorescent probe Laurdan embedded in a lipid membrane is typically used to assess the fluidity state of lipid bilayers by utilizing the ...
Mirza Wasif Baig +4 more
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Thermal Properties of Lipid Bilayers Determined Using Upconversion Nanothermometry
Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 Luminescent nanomaterials have shown promise for thermal sensing in bio‐applications, yet little is known of the role of organic coatings such as supported lipid bilayers on the thermal conductivity between the nanomaterial and its environment ...
A. Bastos +6 more
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Frontiers in Chemistry, 2016 There is increasing interest in using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) to investigate the interaction of nanoparticles (NPs) with model surfaces.
Nariman Yousefi, Nathalie Tufenkji
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An Artificial Molecular Shuttle Operates in Lipid Bilayers for Ion Transport.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2018 Inspired by natural biomolecular machines, synthetic molecular-level machines have been proven to perform well-defined mechanical tasks and measurable work.
Sujun Chen +11 more
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