Outputs (2)

Lipid bilayer fracture under uniaxial stretch † (2025)
Journal Article
Goodband, R. J., & Staykova, M. (in press). Lipid bilayer fracture under uniaxial stretch †. Soft Matter, https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm01410c

Most studies on pore formation in lipid membranes focus on lipid vesicles under isotropic tension. These models however fail to replicate the anisotropic stresses encountered by living cells and the complex rheological properties of the cell membrane... Read More about Lipid bilayer fracture under uniaxial stretch †.

Comparative Study of Lipid- and Polymer-Supported Membranes Obtained by Vesicle Fusion (2022)
Journal Article
Goodband, R. J., Bain, C. D., & Staykova, M. (2022). Comparative Study of Lipid- and Polymer-Supported Membranes Obtained by Vesicle Fusion. Langmuir, 38(18), 5674-5681. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00266

We compare the fusion of giant lipid and block-copolymer vesicles on glass and poly(dimethylsiloxane) substrates. Both types of vesicles are similar in their ability to fuse to hydrophilic substrates and form patches with distinct heart or circular s... Read More about Comparative Study of Lipid- and Polymer-Supported Membranes Obtained by Vesicle Fusion.