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 …

Self-assembled multicompartment liquid crystalline lipid carriers for protein, peptide, and nucleic acid drug delivery

A Angelova, B Angelov, R Mutafchieva… - Accounts of chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Lipids and lipopolymers self-assembled into biocompatible nano-and mesostructured
functional materials offer many potential applications in medicine and diagnostics. In this …

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 …

Nanofluidic technology for biomolecule applications: a critical review

M Napoli, JCT Eijkel, S Pennathur - Lab on a Chip, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
In this review, we present nanofluidic phenomena, particularly as they relate to applications
involving analysis of biomolecules within nanofabricated devices. The relevant length scales …

Recent advances in local drug delivery to the inner ear

N El Kechai, F Agnely, E Mamelle, Y Nguyen… - International journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Inner ear diseases are not adequately treated by systemic drug administration mainly
because of the blood–perilymph barrier that reduces exchanges between plasma and inner …

Progress in liquid crystalline dispersions: cubosomes

PT Spicer - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2005 - Elsevier
Dispersed particles of bicontinuous cubic liquid crystalline phase, cubosomes, are self-
assembled nanostructured particles that can be formed in aqueous lipid and surfactant …

Lipid-based liquid crystals as carriers for antimicrobial peptides: phase behavior and antimicrobial effect

L Boge, H Bysell, L Ringstad, D Wennman, A Umerska… - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
The number of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is increasing worldwide, and the demand for
novel antimicrobials is constantly growing. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) could be an …

Colloidal inverse bicontinuous cubic membranes of block copolymers with tunable surface functional groups

Y La, C Park, TJ Shin, SH Joo, S Kang, KT Kim - Nature chemistry, 2014 - nature.com
Analogous to the complex membranes found in cellular organelles, such as the
endoplasmic reticulum, the inverse cubic mesophases of lipids and their colloidal forms …

From molecular to nanotechnology strategies for delivery of neurotrophins: emphasis on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)

C Géral, A Angelova, S Lesieur - Pharmaceutics, 2013 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases represent a major public health problem, but beneficial clinical
treatment with neurotrophic factors has not been established yet. The therapeutic use of …

Characterisation of bicontinuous cubic liquid crystalline systems of phytantriol and water using cryo field emission scanning electron microscopy (cryo FESEM)

SB Rizwan, YD Dong, BJ Boyd, T Rades, S Hook - Micron, 2007 - Elsevier
Cubosomes are a novel lipid particulate delivery system currently being investigated for
drug delivery purposes. The present study investigates bicontinuous cubic liquid crystalline …