Cationic surfactants have gained significant interest since their introduction. Their properties
and adsorption behavior onto different surfaces have driven the development of a plethora …

The origin of life is still one of humankind's great mysteries. At the transition between
nonliving and living matter, protocells, initially featureless aggregates of abiotic matter, gain …

Vesicles are microscopic sacs that enclose a volume with a molecularly thin membrane. The
membranes are generally self-directed assemblies of amphiphilic molecules with a dual …

Living organisms are well known for building a wide range of specially designed organic–
inorganic hybrid materials such as bone, teeth, and shells, which are highly sophisticated in …

Self-assembled nanostructures obtained from natural and synthetic amphiphiles serve as
mimics of biological membranes and enable the delivery of drugs, proteins, genes, and …

A major goal of synthetic biology is to understand the transition between non-living matter
and life. The bottom-up development of an artificial cell would provide a minimal system with …

Unilamellar vesicles are observed to form in aqueous solutions of the cationic surfactant,
cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), when 5-methyl salicylic acid (5mS) is added at …

This review highlights the relevant issues of spontaneous formation of vesicles. Both the
common characteristics and the differences between liposomes and vesicles are given. The …

Hybrids of hydrophobic sub-2-nm-diameter dodecanethiol-coated Au nanoparticles and
phosphatidylcholine (PC) lipid vesicles made by extrusion were examined by cryogenic …

Poly (styrene)-b-poly (acrylic acid)(PS-b-PAA) diblock copolymer vesicles are
thermodynamically stable in solutions of dioxane/THF/H2O or DMF/THF/H2O. The vesicle …