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Amphiphilic brush polymers produced using the RAFT polymerisation method stabilise and reduce the cell cytotoxicity of lipid lyotropic liquid crystalline nanoparticles

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Theranostic hexosomes for cancer treatments: an in vitro study

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New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 1558
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Annexin V-containing cubosomes for targeted early detection of apoptosis in degenerative retinal tissue

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Dynamic formation of nanostructured particles from vesicles via invertase hydrolysis for on-demand delivery

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Nanostructure and cytotoxicity of self-assembled monoolein–capric acid lyotropic liquid crystalline nanoparticles

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Phytantriol and monoolein in aqueous deep eutectic solvent and protic ionic liquid solutions

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Cubosomes as an emerging platform for drug delivery: a review of the state of the art

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A hydrodynamic flow focusing microfluidic device for the continuous production of hexosomes based on docosahexaenoic acid monoglyceride

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Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus skin infection in vivo using rifampicin loaded lipid nanoparticles

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Galenic Lab-on-a-Chip concept for lipid nanocapsules production

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Solvatochromic fluorescent BODIPY derivative as imaging agent in camptothecin loaded hexosomes for possible theranostic applications

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Enhancing the photoluminescence and cellular uptake of fluorescent carbon nanodots via cubosome lipid nanocarriers

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Paclitaxel-loaded cubosome lipid nanocarriers stabilised with pH and hydrogen peroxide-responsive steric stabilisers as drug delivery vehicles

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Effects of monoolein-based cubosome formulations on lipid droplets and mitochondria of HeLa cells

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Probing cell–nanoparticle (cubosome) interactions at the endothelial interface: do tissue dimension and flow matter?

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Physicochemical and cytotoxicity analysis of glycerol monoolein-based nanoparticles

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Artificial cerium-based proenzymes confined in lyotropic liquid crystals: synthetic strategy and on-demand activation

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Comparison of cubosomes and liposomes for the encapsulation and delivery of curcumin

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In vitro imaging of β-cells using fluorescent cubic bicontinuous liquid crystalline nanoparticles

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Lyotropic liquid crystal engineering moving beyond binary compositional space – ordered nanostructured amphiphile self-assembly materials by design

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Optimized PEGylated cubosomes: a novel approach for specific delivery of dacomitinib to non-small cell lung cancer cells

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Nanoassemblies with Gd-chelating lipids (GMO@DTPA-BSA-Gd) as a potential new type of high molecular weight contrast agents

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Salt-responsive monoolein cubic phase containing polyethyleneimine gel

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Self-assembled Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Phase Behavior of Monoolein–Capric Acid–Phospholipid Nanoparticulate Systems

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Langmuir, 2017, 33, 2571
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Cubosome nanoparticles for enhanced delivery of mitochondria anticancer drug elesclomol and therapeutic monitoring via sub-cellular NAD(P)H multi-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging

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Analysis of the structure, loading and activity of six antimicrobial peptides encapsulated in cubic phase lipid nanoparticles

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Lipid–PEG Conjugates Sterically Stabilize and Reduce the Toxicity of Phytantriol-Based Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Nanoparticles

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Langmuir, 2015, 31, 10871
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Monocytic Cell-Induced Phase Transformation of Circulating Lipid-Based Liquid Crystalline Nanosystems

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Materials, 2020, 13, 1013
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Biocompatibility of glycerol monooleate nanoparticles as tested on inner ear cells

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Non-lamellar lyotropic liquid crystalline nanoparticles enhance the antibacterial effects of rifampicin against Staphylococcus aureus

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Detection and imaging of Hg(II) in vivo using glutathione-functionalized gold nanoparticles

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Preparation and optimization of aloe ferox gel loaded with Finasteride-Oregano oil nanocubosomes for treatment of alopecia

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Lipidic Cubic‐Phase Nanoparticles—Cubosomes for Efficient Drug Delivery to Cancer Cells

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ChemPlusChem, 2017, 82, 570
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A structurally diverse library of safe-by-design citrem-phospholipid lamellar and non-lamellar liquid crystalline nano-assemblies

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Nanomedicines for Cancer Therapy: Current status, Challenges and Future Prospects

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Ther. Deliv., 2019, 10, 113
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Lipid membranes exposed to dispersions of phytantriol and monoolein cubosomes: Langmuir monolayer and HeLa cell membrane studies

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Modulatory Effect of Human Plasma on the Internal Nanostructure and Size Characteristics of Liquid-Crystalline Nanocarriers

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Langmuir, 2015, 31, 5042
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Influence of Cubosome Surface Architecture on Its Cellular Uptake Mechanism

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Monoolein-based nanoparticles for drug delivery to the central nervous system: A platform for lysosomal storage disorder treatment

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European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 2018, 133, 96
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Development, Therapeutic Evaluation and Theranostic Applications of Cubosomes on Cancers: An Updated Review

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Pharmaceutics, 2022, 14, 600
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Liquid Crystalline Phases for Enhancement of Oral Bioavailability

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Fusion dynamics of cubosome nanocarriers with model cell membranes

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Advances in tailored drug delivery systems: Amphiphilic lyotropic mesomorphs for targeted therapeutic intervention

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Cubosomes and other potential ocular drug delivery vehicles for macromolecular therapeutics

Terence E Hartnett, Andrea J O’Connor and Katharina Ladewig

Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2015, 12, 1513
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Usefulness of liquid–crystal oral formulations to enhance the bioavailability and skin tissue targeting of p -amino benzoic acid as a model compound

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European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016, 88, 282
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Cell medium-dependent dynamic modulation of size and structural transformations of binary phospholipid/ω-3 fatty acid liquid crystalline nano-self-assemblies: Implications in interpretation of cell uptake studies

Gizem Bor, Stefan Salentinig, Evrim Şahin, Begüm Nur Ödevci, Martin Roursgaard, Letizia Liccardo, Petra Hamerlik, Seyed Moein Moghimi and Anan Yaghmur

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2022, 606, 464
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Responsive self-assembled nanostructured lipid systems for drug delivery and diagnostics

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Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2016, 484, 320
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Cuboplex-Mediated Nonviral Delivery of Functional siRNA to Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) Cells

Sampa Sarkar, Nhiem Tran, Sarvesh Kumar Soni, Zeyad Nasa, Calum J. Drummond and Charlotte E. Conn

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 2336
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Nano-fats for bugs: the benefits of lipid nanoparticles for antimicrobial therapy

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Drug Deliv. and Transl. Res., 2021, 11, 1598
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A structurally diverse library of glycerol monooleate/oleic acid non-lamellar liquid crystalline nanodispersions stabilized with nonionic methoxypoly(ethylene glycol) (mPEG)-lipids showing variable complement activation properties

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Lyotropic Liquid-Crystalline Nanosystems as Drug Delivery Agents for 5-Fluorouracil: Structure and Cytotoxicity

Paola Astolfi, Elisabetta Giorgini, Valentina Gambini, Barbara Rossi, Lisa Vaccari, Francesco Vita, Oriano Francescangeli, Cristina Marchini and Michela Pisani

Langmuir, 2017, 33, 12369
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Omega-3 fatty acid nanocarriers: Characterization and potential applications

Anan Yaghmur, Sana Ghayas, Habibullah Jan, Gokce Dicle Kalaycioglu and S. Moein Moghimi

Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2023, 67, 101728
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Bottom-up cubosome synthesis without organic solvents

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Tuning Nanostructured Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Mesophases in Lipid Nanoparticles with Protic Ionic Liquids

Jiali Zhai, Sampa Sarkar, Nhiem Tran, Shveta Pandiancherri, Tamar L. Greaves and Calum J. Drummond

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Self-Assembled Lipid Cubic Phase and Cubosomes for the Delivery of Aspirin as a Model Drug

Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni, Vinod Kumar Vishwapathi, Abraham Quarshie, Zeinab Moinuddin, James Page, Pravin Kendrekar and Samson S. Mashele

Langmuir, 2017, 33, 9907
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Lipid-based nanocarriers for enhanced gentamicin delivery: a comparative study of liquid crystal nanoparticles and liposomes against Escherichia coli biofilms

Anam Ahsan, Timothy J. Barnes, Nicky Thomas, Santhni Subramaniam and Clive A. Prestidge

Drug Deliv. and Transl. Res., 2025, 15, 4004
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Multifunctional Nano‐Biointerfaces: Cytocompatible Antimicrobial Nanocarriers from Stabilizer‐Free Cubosomes

Mahsa Zabara, Berna Senturk, Mark Gontsarik, Qun Ren, Markus Rottmar, Katharina Maniura‐Weber, Raffaele Mezzenga, Sreenath Bolisetty and Stefan Salentinig

Adv Funct Materials, 2019, 29
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Monoolein-based cubosomes affect lipid profile in HeLa cells

Antonella Rosa, Sergio Murgia, Danilo Putzu, Valeria Meli and Angela Maria Falchi

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 2015, 191, 96
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High-Throughput Screening of Saturated Fatty Acid Influence on Nanostructure of Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Lipid Nanoparticles

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Langmuir, 2016, 32, 4509
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Bacterial lipase triggers the release of antibiotics from digestible liquid crystal nanoparticles

Chelsea R. Thorn, Andrew J. Clulow, Ben J. Boyd, Clive A. Prestidge and Nicky Thomas

Journal of Controlled Release, 2020, 319, 168
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Vitamin D3-PEGylated hexosomes for gemcitabine and thymoquinone co-delivery: Unraveling the physicochemical characteristics, biocompatibility, and cytotoxicity against breast cancer cells

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Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2025, 114, 107445
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Self‐Assembled Nanostructured Lipid Systems: Is There a Link between Structure and Cytotoxicity?

Angel Tan, Linda Hong, Joanne D. Du and Ben J. Boyd

Advanced Science, 2019, 6
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Toxicity and cellular uptake of lipid nanoparticles of different structure and composition

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Amphiphilic lipopeptide significantly enhances uptake of charge-neutral splice switching morpholino oligonucleotide in spinal muscular atrophy patient-derived fibroblasts

Behnoosh Tajik-Ahmadabad, Anastasios Polyzos, Frances Separovic and Fazel Shabanpoor

International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2017, 532, 21
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Cubosomes and Hexosomes As Versatile Platforms for Drug Delivery

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Ther. Deliv., 2015, 6, 1347
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Nitroxide-Loaded Hexosomes Provide MRI Contrast in Vivo

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Langmuir, 2014, 30, 8898
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Encapsulation of berberine into liquid crystalline nanoparticles to enhance its solubility and anticancer activity in MCF7 human breast cancer cells

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Covalent Functionalization of Layered Double Hydroxides to Generate Peptide-Based SARS-CoV-2 Nanovaccine

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Enzymatic hydrolysis of monoacylglycerols and their cyclopropanated derivatives: Molecular structure and nanostructure determine the rate of digestion

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Cubosomes: The Next Generation of Smart Lipid Nanoparticles?

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Progress and challenges of lyotropic liquid crystalline nanoparticles for innovative therapies

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Interactions of Lipidic Cubic Phase Nanoparticles with Lipid Membranes

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Langmuir, 2016, 32, 9640
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Cubosomes forin vivofluorescence lifetime imaging

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Paclitaxel-Loaded Self-Assembled Lipid Nanoparticles as Targeted Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of Aggressive Ovarian Cancer

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Super-resolution fluorescence microscopy and cryogenic soft X-ray tomography enable intracellular localization of stable nanoparticles

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Size-Dependent Encapsulation and Release of dsDNA from Cationic Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Cubic Phases

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ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., 2020, 6, 4401
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Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Nanostructures as Drug Delivery Systems and Vaccine Platforms

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Pharmaceuticals, 2022, 15, 429
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A Clinically-Achievable Injectable and Sprayable in Situ Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Platform in Treating Hormone-Sensitive and Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

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Zerumbone-incorporated liquid crystalline nanoparticles inhibit proliferation and migration of non-small-cell lung cancer in vitro

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