RSC – Faraday Discuss. latest articles- Asymmetric phase transitions in lipid bilayers: coupling or bending? May 5, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00003C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Mona Krompers, Miriam Jaki, Sinja Götz, Jan Lembeck, Laurine Kaul, Martin Holzer, Heiko HeerklotzAsymmetric expansion of the leaflets of lipid-asymmetric vesicles due to the melting gel phases induces interleaflet coupling and/or vesicle budding.To cite […]Mona Krompers
- Using phase-resolved vibrational sum-frequency imaging to probe the impact of head-group functionality on hierarchical domain structure in lipid membranes April 30, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00187G, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ben John, Sarabjeet Kaur, Martin Wolf, Martin Thämer, Alexander P. FellowsState-of-the-art sum-frequency generation microscopy quantitatively reveals the heterogeneous changes in density, order, and composition from PS-lipid exposure in model membranes.To cite this article before […]Ben John
- Exploiting nanoprobe X-ray techniques for imaging of biomineralisation; chemical, structural and in situ opportunities April 30, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00037H, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Jessica M Walker, Miguel A Gomez Gonzalez, Johannes Ihli, Julia E ParkerAdvances in X-ray nanoprobe beamlines at synchrotrons across the world present exciting opportunities for rich multimodal imaging of biomineral structures and their formation […]Jessica M Walker
- Dual-Selective Polymerization: Achieving Chemoselectivity and Stereoselectivity in a Single Catalytic System April 15, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00039D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Hengxu Liu, Jiayun Jiang, Xue Liang, Wenli Wang, Hongru Qiang, Yuanzu Zhang, Yunqing ZhuThe precise synthesis of multifunctional block copolymers with tailored architectures remains a pivotal challenge in polymer chemistry, particularly when balancing chemoselectivity […]Hengxu Liu
- Blending PHBV with P(3HB-co-4HB) for Superior Thermal Stability, Mechanical Strength, and Environmental Degradation April 15, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00035A, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Ana Carolina Lemos de Morais, Allef Gabriel Fortes da Silva, Iago Rodrigues de Abreu, Corinne van Noordenne-Bos, Vincent Voet, Rudy Folkersma, Katja LoosPolyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) hold significant potential as sustainable alternatives to fossil-based plastics because […]Ana Carolina Lemos de Morais
- Comparative Structural Analysis of Stereom Polymorphs in the Sea Urchin Test. April 14, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Accepted ManuscriptDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00033E, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Ronald Seidel, Konrad Handrich, Marie Albéric, Jonathan perrin, Derk Joester, Yael Politi, Luca BertinettiThe fenestrated ultrastructure of the sea urchin endoskeleton has attracted attention of researchers in different fields due to its morphological complexity […]Ronald Seidel
- Concluding remarks: Atmospheric chemistry in cold environments April 14, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00042D, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Markus AmmannThis paper summarizes the meeting on Atmospheric Chemistry in Cold Environments held in London. It puts the meeting into the context of this rapidly evolving scientific field and provides perspectives based on the […]Markus Ammann
- Spiers memorial lecture: Experimental discovery of asymmetric bilayers, and a recent asymmetry example April 1, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D5FD00041F, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence.Gerald W. FeigensonAsymmetric GUV of phase-separated Lo + Ld in one leaflet, dyed red, inducing domains in the other leaflet of DOPC/chol, dyed green.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the […]Gerald W. Feigenson
- Asymmetric membrane properties through a protein lens February 4, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00199K, PaperJoseph H. Lorent, Angela Cabrera-Jojoa, Kandice R. Levental, Ilya Levental, Edward LymanWe investigate how well transmembrane domains of single-pass transmembrane proteins predict asymmetric membrane properties across the tree of life.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of citation above.The content of this RSS […]Joseph H. Lorent
- Characterization of lipid chain order and dynamics in asymmetric membranes by solid-state NMR spectroscopy January 17, 2025Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00192C, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Oskar Engberg, Viola Döbel, Kathrin M. Engel, Daniel HusterWe studied the structure and dynamics of asymmetric POPCout/(POPE/POPG)in and POPSout/(POPE/POPG)in lipid membranes.To cite this article before page numbers are assigned, use the DOI form of […]Oskar Engberg
- The many faces of membrane tension for biomembranes and vesicles December 16, 2024Faraday Discuss., 2025, Advance ArticleDOI: 10.1039/D4FD00184B, Paper Open Access   This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.Reinhard LipowskyWe elucidate the many faces of membrane tension for biomimetic model membranes such as planar bilayers, nanovesicles, and giant vesicles. In all systems, each of the two leaflet tensions and the bilayer tension […]Reinhard Lipowsky
- Asymmetric phase transitions in lipid bilayers: coupling or bending? May 5, 2025
