© 2017 Elsevier Inc. Amyloids are polypeptide aggregates involved in many pathologies including Alzheimer's disease. Amyloid assembly is a complex process affected by different interactions including hydrogen bonding, van ...

For decades, it has been assumed that electrostatic long-range (micron distances) repulsions in lipid bilayers are negligible due to screening from the aqueous milieu. This concept, mostly derived from theoretical calculations, ...

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are extensively investigated as drug nanocarriers due to their anion exchange properties and potential capacity to achieve enhanced cellular trafficking and targeted delivery. In this work, ...

Binding constants of n-alkylpyridinium, CnPd+ (n = 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 16), to CTAX micelles, where X = Br− and Cl−, and to CTAOTOS were determined by ultrafiltration and a steady-state fluorescence method. These ...

A better understanding of protein aggregation is bound to translate into<br />critical advances in several areas, including the treatment of misfolded protein disorders and the development of self-assembling biomaterials ...

This work is aimed at studying the adsorption mechanism of short chain 20-mer pyrimidinic homoss-DNA (oligodeoxyribonucleotide, ODN: polyC(20) and polyT(20)) onto CNT by reflectometry. To analyze the experimental data, the ...

We developed a Monte Carlo systematic study into the effect of counterion condensation on the polyelectrolyte adsorption process on charged surfaces. Polyelectrolyte is modeled as a full-flexible chain whose size is ...

Chitosan-DNA nanoparticles employed in gene therapy protocols consist of a neutralised, stoichiometric core and a shell of the excess of chitosan which stabilises the particles against further coagulation. At low ionic ...