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

This critical review covers progress with synthetic transport systems, particularly ion
channels and pores, between January 2006 and December 2009 in a comprehensive …

Macromolecular self‐assembly (MSA) has been an active and fruitful research field since the
1980s, especially in this new century, which is promoted by the remarkable developments in …

“Polymersomes” are vesicular structures made from the self-assembly of block copolymers.
Such structures present outstanding interest for different applications such as micro-or nano …

The field of biomimicry is embracing the construction of complex assemblies that imitate both
biological structure and function. Advancements in the design of these mimetics have …

Vesicles have attracted considerable attention recently because of many potential
applications as well as intrinsic interest in the structures. The incorporation of various …

Hollow tubular aquapores inside aquafoldamers can be created via the “sticky” end-
mediated formation of 1D chiral helical stacks involving same-handed helices, and are …

Membrane proteins (MPs) play key roles in cellular signaling pathways and are responsible
for intercellular and intracellular interactions. Dysfunctional MPs are directly related to the …

Nanostructured liquid-crystalline (LC) electrolytes have been developed for efficient and
stable quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Two types of ionic LC …

Nanomedicines, mainly consisting of liposome nanodrugs, polymer nanodrugs, protein
nanodrugs, drug nanocrystals and inorganic nanodrugs, usually show higher efficiency than …