We review the capabilities of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in the study of phase
transitions in Supported Lipid Bilayers (SLBs). AFM represents a powerful technique to …

A number of pore-forming toxins (PFTs) can assemble on lipid membranes through their
specific interactions with lipids. The oligomeric assemblies of some PFTs have been …

Despite the vast amount of experimental and theoretical studies on the binding affinity of
cations–especially the biologically relevant Na+ and Ca2+–for phospholipid bilayers, there …

Quantitative differential interference contrast microscopy is demonstrated here as a label-
free method, which is able to image and measure the thickness of lipid bilayers with 0.1 nm …

Membrane charge has a critical role in protein trafficking and signaling. However,
quantification of the effective electrostatic potential of cellular membranes has remained …

Supported lipid bilayers are model membranes formed at solid substrate surfaces. This
architecture renders the membrane experimentally accessible to surface-sensitive …

In vivo lipid membranes interact with rough supramolecular structures such as protein
clusters and fibrils. How these features whose size ranges from a few nanometers to a few …

The mechanisms of formation and conditions of the existence of the ripple phase are
fundamental thermodynamic questions with practical implications for medicine and …

A supported lipid bilayer (SLB) is now an indispensable tool to analyze the dynamical
properties of biomembranes. However, the effect of a solid support on the leaflet-specific …

Monotopic proteins constitute a class of membrane proteins that bind tightly to cell
membranes, but do not span them. We present a FRAPP (Fluorescence Recovery After …