Lamellar unit cell reconstruction from neutron and X-ray diffraction data provides information
about the disposition and position of molecules and molecular segments with respect to the …

The hydrophobic effect, a ubiquitous process in biology, is a primary thermodynamic driver
of amphiphilic self-assembly. It leads to the formation of unique morphologies including two …

The cholesterol partitioning and condensing effect in the liquid-ordered (L o) and liquid-
disordered (L d) phases were systematically investigated for ternary mixture lipid multilayers …

In cells, a vast number of membrane lipids are formed by the enzymatic O-acylation of polar
head groups with acylating agents such as fatty acyl-CoAs. Although such ester-containing …

Understanding the structure of solid supported lipid multilayers is crucial to their application
as a platform for novel materials. Conventionally, they are prepared from drop casting or …

Single-chain amphiphiles (SCAs) that self-assemble into large vesicular structures are
attractive components of synthetic cells because of the simplicity of bilayer formation and …

A cellular membrane, primarily a lipid bilayer, surrounds the internal components of a
biological cell from the external components. This self-assembled bilayer is known to be …

There has been increasing interest in methods to generate synthetic lipid membranes as key
constituents of artificial cells or to develop new tools for remodeling membranes in living …

An effort aimed at replacing the conventional water column by a relative humidity (RH)
environment for structural investigation of a soft polymer cushion-supported model …

Violacein is a naturally found pigment that is used by some gram negative bacteria to defend
themselves from various gram positive bacteria. As a result, this molecule has caught …