Main description:

Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly, formerly titled Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, provides a global platform for a broad community of experimental and theoretical researchers studying cell membranes, lipid model membranes, and lipid self-assemblies from the micro- to the nanoscale. Planar lipid bilayers are widely studied due to their ubiquity in nature, also finding application in the formulation of biomimetic model membranes. Section topics in this release cover Ras Proteolipid nano-assemblies on the plasma membrane, gold nanomaterials, recent advances in cancer theranostics, and the interactions of flavonoids with lipidic mesophases, amongst other highly resourceful topics.

Self-assembled lipid structures have enormous potential as dynamic materials, ranging from artificial lipid membranes, to cell membranes, from biosensing, to controlled drug delivery, and from pharmaceutical formulations, to novel food products, to name a few. This series represents both original research and comprehensive reviews written by world-leading experts and young researchers.

Contents:

1. Could Titanium Dioxide Nanotubes Represent a Viable Support System for Appropriate Cells in Vascular Implants? I. Junkar, M. Kulkarni, P. Humpolicek, Z. Capakova , B. Burja, A. Mazare, P. Schmuki, K. Mrak-Poljsak, A. Flasker, P. Zigon, S. Cucnik, M. Mozetic, M. Tomsic, A. Iglic and S. Sodin-Semrl 2. Ras Proteolipid Nano-Assemblies on the Plasma Membrane Sort Lipids with High Selectivity Y. Zhou and J.F. Hancock 3. Membrane-Mimetic Inverse Bicontinuous Cubic Phase Systems for Encapsulation of Peptides and Proteins T.G. Meikle, C.J. Drummond, F. Separovic and C.E. Conn 4. Interactions of Flavonoids with Lipidic Mesophases A. Sadeghpour, D. Sanver and M. Rappolt 5. Preparation and Characterization of Supported Lipid Bilayers for Biomolecular Interaction Studies by Dual Polarization Interferometry T.-H. Lee and M.-I. Aguilar 6. Gold Nanomaterials-Recent Advances in Cancer Theranostics S. Sudhakar and P.B. Santhosh