Biological membranes play an essential role in living organisms by providing stable and
functional compartments, preserving cell architecture, whilst supporting signalling and …

Gram-negative bacteria characteristically are surrounded by an additional membrane layer,
the outer membrane. Although outer membrane components often play important roles in …

Amphiphilic block copolymers are well established as building blocks for the preparation of
micellar drug carriers. Over the past decade, the effectiveness of such self-assembled drug …

The lipid bilayer is one of the most eloquent and important self-assembled structures in
nature. It not only provides a protective container for cells and sub-cellular compartments …

The toxicity of amyloid‐forming proteins is correlated with their interactions with cell
membranes. Binding events between amyloidogenic proteins and membranes result in …

Biological protein pores and pore-forming peptides can generate a pathway for the flux of
ions and other charged or polar molecules across cellular membranes. In nature, these …

Chemical reactions can be confined to nanoscale compartments by encapsulating catalysts
in hollow nanoobjects. Such reaction compartments effectively become nanoreactors when …

Autotransporters are virulence‐related proteins of Gram‐negative bacteria that are secreted
via an outer‐membrane‐based C‐terminal extension, the translocator domain. This domain …

Self-assembly of an amphiphilic triblock copolymer carrying polymerizable end-groups is
used to prepare nanometer-sized vesicular structures in aqueous solution. The triblock …

In Gram-negative bacteria and eukaryotic organelles, β-barrel proteins of the outer
membrane protein 85–two-partner secretion B (Omp85-TpsB) superfamily are essential …