Compartmentalization of biological content and function is a key architectural feature in
biology, where membrane bound micro-and nanocompartments are used for performing a …

Liquid–fluid interfaces provide a platform both for structuring liquids into complex shapes
and assembling dimensionally confined, functional nanomaterials. Historically, attention in …

Lipid bilayers can exhibit asymmetric states, in which the physical characteristics of one
leaflet differ from those of the other. This most visibly manifests in a different lipid …

Regulation of plasma membrane curvature and composition governs essential cellular
processes. The material property of bending rigidity describes the energetic cost of …

Liquids lack the spatial order required for advanced functionality. Interfacial assemblies of
colloids, however, can be used to shape liquids into complex, 3D objects, simultaneously …

In the field of bottom‐up synthetic biology, lipid vesicles provide an important role in the
construction of artificial cells. Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs), due to their membrane's …

Cell-sized vesicles have tremendous potential both as miniaturised pL reaction vessels and
in bottom-up synthetic biology as chassis for artificial cells. In both these areas the …

Creating an artificial cell from the bottom up is a long‐standing challenge and, while
significant progress has been made, the full realization of this goal remains elusive …

Closed lipid bilayers in the form of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are commonly used
membrane models. Various methods have been developed to prepare GUVs, however it is …

There is increasing interest in constructing artificial cells by functionalising lipid vesicles with
biological and synthetic machinery. Due to their reduced complexity and lack of evolved …