The past and the future of Langmuir and Langmuir–Blodgett films

ON Oliveira Jr, L Caseli, K Ariga - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) technique, through which monolayers are transferred from the
air/water interface onto a solid substrate, was the first method to allow for the controlled …

Probing surface and interface morphology with grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering

G Renaud, R Lazzari, F Leroy - Surface Science Reports, 2009 - Elsevier
Nanoscience and nanotechnology are tremendously increasing fields of research that aim at
producing, characterizing and understanding nanoobjects and assemblies of nanoobjects …

X-ray-based techniques to study the nano–bio interface

C Sanchez-Cano, RA Alvarez-Puebla, JM Abendroth… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
X-ray-based analytics are routinely applied in many fields, including physics, chemistry,
materials science, and engineering. The full potential of such techniques in the life sciences …

Artificial lipid membranes: Past, present, and future

CG Siontorou, GP Nikoleli, DP Nikolelis, SK Karapetis - Membranes, 2017 - mdpi.com
The multifaceted role of biological membranes prompted early the development of artificial
lipid-based models with a primary view of reconstituting the natural functions in vitro so as to …

Coarse grain models and the computer simulation of soft materials

SO Nielsen, CF Lopez, G Srinivas… - Journal of Physics …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
This article presents a topical review of coarse grain simulation techniques. First, we
motivate these techniques with illustrative examples from biology and materials science …

Cell-membrane-mimicking lipid-coated nanoparticles confer Raman enhancement to membrane proteins and reveal membrane-attached amyloid-β conformation

D Bhowmik, KR Mote, CM MacLaughlin, N Biswas… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Identifying the structures of membrane bound proteins is critical to understanding their
function in healthy and diseased states. We introduce a surface enhanced Raman …

Effects of ionic liquids on biomembranes: A review on recent biophysical studies

S Mitra, VK Sharma, SK Ghosh - Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 2023 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been emerged as a versatile class of compounds that can be easily
tuned to achieve desirable properties for various applications. The ability of ILs to interact …

Exploring molecular-biomembrane interactions with surface plasmon resonance and dual polarization interferometry technology: expanding the spotlight onto …

TH Lee, DJ Hirst, K Kulkarni, MP Del Borgo… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The molecular analysis of biomolecular-membrane interactions is central to understanding
most cellular systems but has emerged as a complex technical challenge given the …

Langmuir films of low-dimensional nanomaterials

M Bodik, M Jergel, E Majkova, P Siffalovic - Advances in Colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A large number of low-dimensional nanomaterials having different shapes and being
dispersible in solvents open a fundamental question if there is a universal deposition …

Structure and morphology of bovine serum albumin–lysozyme (BSA–Lys) complex films at air–water interface

RJ Sarmah, S Kundu - Food Hydrocolloids, 2022 - Elsevier
The heteroprotein complex formed between the two globular proteins, bovine serum
albumin and lysozyme was studied at the air–water interface by varying the subphase pH …