Dissolved metal ions and mineral-liposome hybrid systems: Underlying interactions, synthesis, and characterization
Nil Gaudu1, Orion Farr2, Georges Ona-Nguema3
1Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines (BIP), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR 7281 IMM-CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13400, Marseille, France.
Abstract:
Liposomes are versatile lipid-based vesicles with interesting physicochemical properties, making them excellent candidates for interdisciplinary applications in the medicinal, biological, and environmental sciences. The synthesis of mineral-liposome hybrid systems lends normally inert vesicles with the catalytic, magnetic, electrical, and optical properties of the integrated mineral species. Such applications require an understanding of the physicochemical interactions between organic molecules and inorganic crystal structures. This review provides an overview on these interactions and details on synthesis and characterization methods for these systems.
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