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

Enzyme catalysis has been attracting increasing interest in the past twenty years.
Nevertheless, most reports concerning enzyme catalysis have been carried out using single …

Surfactants are molecules (ionic or nonionic) that upon adsorption at the air-water interface
reduce surface tension of water. Therefore, surfactants are surface-active agents …

During evolution, there have been several major changes in the way that genetic information
is organized and transmitted from one generation to the next. These transitions include the …

The observation by transmission electron microscopy of six different stable aggregate
morphologies is reported for the same family of highly asymmetric polystyrene-poly-(acrylic …

In recent years, various nanotechnology platforms in the area of medical biology, including
both diagnostics and therapy, have gained remarkable attention. Moreover, research and …

Vesicles consisting of a bilayer membrane of amphiphilic lipid molecules are remarkably
flexible surfaces that show an amazing variety of shapes of different symmetry and topology …

In recent years, new strategies for silica coating of inorganic nanoparticles and organic
nanomaterials, which differ from the classical methodologies, have emerged at the forefront …

Abstract This Progress Report describes the latest advances in vesicles and liposomes.
Recent work on the self‐assembly of complex polymer systems shows that the formation of …

Opinions of the usefulness of liposomes in various biotechnological applications range from
unsubstantiated optimism to undeserved pessimism. This article reviews the background …