scholarly journals Exploring the structure and mechanics of thin supported inverse bicontinuous cubic phase lipid films

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Ridolfi ◽  
Ben Humphreys ◽  
Lucrezia Caselli ◽  
Costanza Montis ◽  
Tommy Nylander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Cubic Phase ◽  
Lipid Films ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractInverse bicontinuous cubic phase membranes are ubiquitous in nature but their properties and functions are still not fully understood. To shed light on this topic, we herein realize thin supported cubic phase lipid films, characterize their structure and provide the first study of the mechanical properties of these non-lamellar architectures.

Nanoscale structural and mechanical characterization of thin bicontinuous cubic phase lipid films

2021 ◽  
pp. 112231
Author(s):  
Andrea Ridolfi ◽  
Ben Humphreys ◽  
Lucrezia Caselli ◽  
Costanza Montis ◽  
Tommy Nylander ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Characterization ◽  
Cubic Phase ◽  
Lipid Films ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic

Triply-periodic nanostructures in surfactant, block copolymer, and biomembrane systems, and simulation of TEMs

1993 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
pp. 884-885
Author(s):  
David M. Anderson ◽  
Tomas Landh
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Diblock Copolymers ◽  
Cubic Phase ◽  
List Type ◽  
Interpenetrating Networks ◽  
Triply Periodic ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic ◽  
Phase Liquid ◽  
Dividing Surface

First discovered in surfactant-water liquid crystalline systems, so-called ‘bicontinuous cubic phases’ have the property that hydropnilic and lipophilic microdomains form interpenetrating networks conforming to cubic lattices on the scale of nanometers. Later these same structures were found in star diblock copolymers, where the simultaneous continuity of elastomeric and glassy domains gives rise to unique physical properties. Today it is well-established that the symmetry and topology of such a morphology are accurately described by one of several triply-periodic minimal surfaces, and that the interface between hydrophilic and hydrophobic, or immiscible polymer, domains is described by a triply-periodic surface of constant, nonzero mean curvature. One example of such a dividing surface is shown in figure 5.The study of these structures has become of increasing importance in the past five years for two reasons:1)Bicontinuous cubic phase liquid crystals are now being polymerized to create microporous materials with monodispersed pores and readily functionalizable porewalls; figure 3 shows a TEM from a polymerized surfactant / methylmethacrylate / water cubic phase; and2)Compelling evidence has been found that these same morphologies describe biomembrane systems in a wide range of cells.

Effects of structural modification of (alkyldiene-imidazolium bromide)-based gemini monomers on the formation of the lyotropic bicontinuous cubic phase

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Li ◽  
Maria I. Reinhardt ◽  
Samantha S. Dyer ◽  
Kara E. Moore ◽  
Omar Q. Imran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Modification ◽  
Cubic Phase ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic ◽  
Phase Retention

Seven homologues of an amphiphilic gemini monomer were synthesized; and four of them (highlighted in red in the table) were found to form a bicontinuous cubic (Q) phase with glycerol or water and could be radically cross-linked with phase retention.

Predicting the release profile of small molecules from within the ordered nanostructured lipidic bicontinuous cubic phase using translational diffusion coefficients determined by PFG-NMR

Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 2471-2478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Meikle ◽  
Shenggen Yao ◽  
Alexandru Zabara ◽  
Charlotte E. Conn ◽  
Calum J. Drummond ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Molecules ◽  
Diffusion Coefficients ◽  
Translational Diffusion ◽  
Release Profile ◽  
Cubic Phase ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic ◽  
Pfg Nmr

scholarly journals Exploring the structural relationship between encapsulated antimicrobial peptides and the bilayer membrane mimetic lipidic cubic phase: studies with gramicidin A′

RSC Advances ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (73) ◽  
pp. 68685-68694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Meikle ◽  
Charlotte E. Conn ◽  
Frances Separovic ◽  
Calum J. Drummond
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Peptides ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Bilayer Membrane ◽  
Structural Relationship ◽  
Gramicidin A ◽  
Cubic Phase ◽  
Membrane Peptides ◽  
Membrane Mimetic ◽  
Lipidic Cubic Phase ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic

Lipid based bicontinuous cubic mesophases provide a low-cost, robust membrane mimetic nanomaterial which allows for the incorporation of membrane peptides and proteins.

scholarly journals Na+ and solute diffusion in aqueous channels of Myverol bicontinuous cubic phase: PGSE NMR and computer modelling

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 464-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Larkin ◽  
Christopher J. Garvey ◽  
Dmitry Shishmarev ◽  
Philip W. Kuchel ◽  
Konstantin I. Momot
Keyword(s):  
Computer Modelling ◽  
Solute Diffusion ◽  
Cubic Phase ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic ◽  
Pgse Nmr

scholarly journals A Self‐Assembled Bicontinuous Cubic Phase with a Single‐Diamond Network

2019 ◽  
Vol 131 (22) ◽  
pp. 7453-7457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangbing Zeng ◽  
Silvio Poppe ◽  
Anne Lehmann ◽  
Marko Prehm ◽  
Changlong Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cubic Phase ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic ◽  
Self Assembled
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