Cubosomes in drug delivery—a comprehensive review on its structural components, preparation techniques and therapeutic applications

D Sivadasan, MH Sultan, SS Alqahtani, S Javed - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cubosomes are lipid vesicles that are comparable to vesicular systems like liposomes.
Cubosomes are created with certain amphiphilic lipids in the presence of a suitable …

Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) for studying the morphology of colloidal drug delivery systems

J Kuntsche, JC Horst, H Bunjes - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2011 - Elsevier
Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) has evolved into an indispensable
tool for the characterization of colloidal drug delivery systems. It can be applied to study the …

Adaptive supramolecular nanomaterials based on strong noncovalent interactions

B Rybtchinski - ACS nano, 2011 - ACS Publications
Noncovalent systems are adaptive and allow facile processing and recycling. Can they be at
the same time robust? How can one rationally design such systems? Can they compete with …

Advances in drug delivery and medical imaging using colloidal lyotropic liquid crystalline dispersions

X Mulet, BJ Boyd, CJ Drummond - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2013 - Elsevier
The overarching goal of this feature article is to review the recent developments in the field
of drug delivery specifically involving colloidal lyotropic liquid crystalline dispersions. The …

Lyotropic liquid crystal engineering moving beyond binary compositional space–ordered nanostructured amphiphile self-assembly materials by design

L van't Hag, SL Gras, CE Conn… - Chemical society …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Ordered amphiphile self-assembly materials with a tunable three-dimensional (3D)
nanostructure are of fundamental interest, and crucial for progressing several biological and …

Advances in lyotropic liquid crystal systems for skin drug delivery

AVP Silvestrini, AL Caron, J Viegas… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) are organized mesophases with
intermediate properties between liquids and solids. The LLC and its liquid crystalline …

Characterization and potential applications of nanostructured aqueous dispersions

A Yaghmur, O Glatter - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2009 - Elsevier
The present article highlights recent advances and current status in the characterization and
the utilization of nanostructured aqueous dispersions in which the submicron-sized …

[HTML][HTML] Direct visualization of dispersed lipid bicontinuous cubic phases by cryo-electron tomography

D Demurtas, P Guichard, I Martiel, R Mezzenga… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Bulk and dispersed cubic liquid crystalline phases (cubosomes), present in the body and in
living cell membranes, are believed to play an essential role in biological phenomena …

Responsive self-assembled nanostructured lipid systems for drug delivery and diagnostics

WK Fong, R Negrini, JJ Vallooran, R Mezzenga… - Journal of colloid and …, 2016 - Elsevier
While stimuli-responsive polymers have received a huge amount of attention in the
literature, responsive lipid-based mesophase systems offer unique opportunities in …

Colloidal aspects of dispersion and digestion of self-dispersing lipid-based formulations for poorly water-soluble drugs

K Vithani, V Jannin, CW Pouton, BJ Boyd - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Self-dispersing lipid-based formulations, particularly self-microemulsifying drug delivery
systems (SMEDDS) have gained an increased interest in recent times as a means to …