Hydrophobic polymers are materials that repel water, making them ideal for applications where moisture resistance is crucial. These polymers possess unique chemical structures that result in their ...

Lipid-polymer nanoparticle hybrids (LPNHs) have been developed to exploit and combine the positive characteristics of these nanosystems, while trying to minimize their unique disadvantages. LPNHs ...

Nanospheres are “matrix type,” in which drugs are dispersed throughout the matrix, while microcapsules are “repository type,” in which drugs are present in a core surrounded by a polymer shell. In ...

Some bacteria and viruses have lipid membranes that resemble double-layered micelles with two bands of hydrophobic tails sandwiched between two rings of hydrophilic heads. These membranes are ...

We have studied taste sensors with lipid polymer membranes based on potentiometric measurement system for high-potency sweeteners. However, the sensor also responds to astringency substances because ...

They consist of a double layer ("bilayer") of lipids that contain a hydrophilic head group and generally two long, hydrophobic tails. Whereas the head groups face outwards, the hydrophobic tail ...

This work, through a combination of single-molecule atomic force microscopy experiments and computer simulations, investigates the collapse behavior of a hydrophobic polymer polystyrene in TMAO and ...