Microfluidic manufacturing of different niosomes nanoparticles for curcumin encapsulation: Physical characteristics, encapsulation efficacy, and drug release

• Mohammad A. Obeid,
• Ibrahim Khadra,
• Abdullah Albaloushi,
• Margaret Mullin,
• Hanin Alyamani and
• Valerie A. Ferro

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2019, 10, 1826–1832, doi:10.3762/bjnano.10.177

• prepared at 3:1 FRR, which had the highest EE of around 60%, was the same as that of the other niosome formulations. All the prepared niosomes in this study had the same percentage of chol for membrane stability purposes [18], which is probably a contributing factor to the release profile being the same

Liquid permeation and chemical stability of anodic alumina membranes

• Dmitrii I. Petukhov,
• Dmitrii A. Buldakov,
• Alexey A. Tishkin,
• Alexey V. Lukashin and
• Andrei A. Eliseev

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 561–570, doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.60

• membranes; membrane stability; microfiltration membranes; ultrafiltration membranes; Introduction Porous anodic aluminum oxide (AAO), developed as a protective coating, has received close attention of the membrane community due to its unusual porous structure represented by piercing cylindrical channels

• arise either from a decrease of the nanochannel diameter or from an insufficient smoothness of the carbon coating. In water permeation experiments, both the membranes illustrate a significant increase in membrane stability. Moreover, in both cases, the membrane permeance remains nearly the same after

• selective metal dissolution in 0.5 M CuCl2 (5 vol % HCl). Subsequently, the pore bottoms were opened by chemical etching in 25 wt % H3PO4 aqueous solution at 25 °C followed by electrochemical detection of the pore opening [28]. To increase on the first step membrane stability, high-temperature dehydration

Reconstitution of the membrane protein OmpF into biomimetic block copolymer–phospholipid hybrid membranes

• Matthias Bieligmeyer,
• Franjo Artukovic,
• Stephan Nussberger,
• Thomas Hirth,
• Thomas Schiestel and
• Michaela Müller

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 881–892, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.80

• ., detergents, oligosaccharides or enzymes on polymer–lipid miscibility and membrane stability has been analyzed [45]. Although the insertion and distribution of OmpF and the potassium channel MloK1 in lipopolymer films has been studied, the functionality of both proteins in a lipopolymer environment has not

• unsaturated hydrophobic lipid tails [30]. Moreover, PIPEO can potentially be cross-linked within the hydrophobic block to further increase membrane stability. OmpF was chosen as transmembrane protein, because it remains stable not only in harsh detergents but also at high temperatures [48][49][50]. In order

Nanobioarchitectures based on chlorophyll photopigment, artificial lipid bilayers and carbon nanotubes

• Marcela Elisabeta Barbinta-Patrascu,
• Stefan Marian Iordache,
• Ana Maria Iordache,
• Nicoleta Badea and
• Camelia Ungureanu

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2316–2325, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.240

• absorption maximum was slightly blue-shifted (from 672 to 670 nm). On the contrary, no change in the location of the Chla peaks in the cholesterol-containing samples (the red absorption band occurred at 671 nm) was observed, because the cholesterol enhances the membrane stability and restricts the lipid