Gaining insights into the intercellular receptor-ligand binding is of great importance for
understanding numerous physiological and pathological processes, and stimulating new …

This review considers the following hypotheses, some well‐supported and some
speculative. Almost all of the sterol molecules in plasma membranes are associated with …

Among the three basic states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas), the liquid state has always
eluded general theoretical approaches for describing liquid energy and heat capacity. In this …

Phase separation in cell membranes promotes the assembly of transmembrane receptors to
initiate signal transduction in response to environmental cues. Many cellular behaviors are …

In biological membranes, lipid rafts are now thought to be transient and nanoscopic.
However, the mechanism responsible for these nanoscopic assemblies remains poorly …

As early as the development of the fluid mosaic model for cellular membranes, researchers
began observing the telltale signs of lateral heterogeneity. Over the decades this has led to …

Supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) are useful structures for mimicking cellular membranes, and
they can be integrated with a variety of sensors. Although there are a variety of methods for …

Lipid bilayers are supramolecular structures responsible for a range of processes, such as
transmembrane transport of ions and solutes, and sorting and replication of genetic …

Understanding the vibrational information encoded within the terahertz (THz) spectrum of
biomolecules is critical for guiding the exploration of its functional responses to specific THz …

Short-wavelength collective molecular motions, also known as phonons, have recently
attracted much interest in revealing dynamic properties of biological membranes through the …