Langmuir monolayers at the air/water interface have been used for decades to mimic cell
membranes in attempts to determine the mechanisms behind the physiological action of …

Bioconjugated nanoparticles and quantum dots are among the most exciting nanomaterials
with promising application potentials in nanomedicine field. These applications include …

We developed a polymerized crystalline colloidal array (PCCA) photonic crystal sensing
material that senses the organophosphorus compound parathion at ultratrace …

Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly has been utilized to fabricate an ultrathin film of
polyelectrolytes. The architecture was composed of chitosan and organophosphorus …

The fabrication of hybrid structures of quantum dots (QDs) having sizes in the range from 2
to 6 nm is currently of interest because of their unique optical and electronic properties.[1, 2] …

In this chapter, we present an overview about different roles of Langmuir monolayers as
biomembrane models, contributing to understand biological phenomena or help develop …

Surface potential and Infrared Reflection− absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS) measurements
have been used to investigate the interaction between a peptidolipid (stearoyl− Phe− Trp …

Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) film deposition technique was employed for the immobilization of
organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH). OPH enzyme was covalently bonded to a fluorescent …

Organophosphorus acid anhydrolases (OPAA; EC 3.1. 8.2) are a class of enzymes that
hydrolyze a variety of toxic acetylcholinesterase-inhibiting organophosphorus (OP) …

Peptidolipid C18H35O (stearoyl)-Phe-Trp-Ser-His-Glu (peptidolipid A) was synthesized and
spread at the air− water interface to study the interaction with an organophosphorus …