We review direct force measurements on a broad class of hydrophobic and hydrophilic
surfaces. These measurements have enabled the development of a general interaction …

This paper postulates that water structure is altered by biomolecules as well as by disease-
enabling entities such as certain solvated ions, and in turn water dynamics and structure …

Chitosan, a load-bearing biomacromolecule found in the exoskeletons of crustaceans and
insects, is a promising biopolymer for the replacement of synthetic plastic compounds. Here …

The hydration layer surrounding the phosphocholine headgroups of single-component
phosphatidylcholine lipids, or of lipid-mixtures, assembled at an interface greatly modifies …

We describe a new method to prepare asymmetric giant unilamellar vesicles (aGUVs) via
hemifusion. Hemifusion of giant unilamellar vesicles and a supported lipid bilayer, triggered …

Amorphous calcium carbonate nanoparticles (ACC NPs) are promising multifunctional
materials for healthcare applications. Due to their instability in aqueous media, pure ACC …

The surface forces apparatus and atomic force microscope were used to study the effects of
lipid composition and concentrations of myelin basic protein (MBP) on the structure of model …

Lipid bilayers, ubiquitous in living systems, form lubricious boundary layers in aqueous
media, with broad relevance for biolubrication, especially in mechanically stressed …

The plasma membrane (PM) is asymmetric in lipid composition. The distinct and
characteristic lipid compositions of the exoplasmic and cytoplasmic leaflets lead to different …

Myelin around axons is currently widely studied by structural analyses and large-scale
imaging techniques, with the goal to decipher its critical role in neuronal protection. Although …