Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Lipid structures

A brief history of multisomes

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Nanotechnology

View current issue Submit your manuscript

Lipid monolayers and bilayers can stabilize networks of water droplets inside larger drops of oil to create structures that could have a range of applications.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: The history of the multisome.

References

  1. Vinson, P. K. et al. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 142, 74–91 (1991).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Villar, G., Heron, A. J. & Bayley, H. Nature Nanotech. 6, 803–808 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Holden, M. A., Needham, D. & Bayley, H. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 8650–8655 (2007).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Keynes, R. D. Biogr. Mems Fell. R. Soc. 36, 200–216 (1990).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Hladky, S. B. & Haydon, D. A. Nature 225, 451–453 (1970).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Haydon, D. A. & Taylor, A. J. J. Theor. Biol. 4, 281–296 (1963).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Hanai, T., Haydon, D. A. & Taylor, J. Proc. R. Soc. A 281, 377–391 (1964).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Overbeek, J. Th. G. J. Phys. Chem. 64, 1178–1183 (1960).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Mueller, P. et al. Nature 194, 979–980 (1962).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Needham, D. & Haydon, D. A. Biophys. J. 41, 251–257 (1983).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. Bayley, H. et al. Mol. Biosyst. 4, 1191–1208 (2008).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. Bayley, H., Holden, M. A., Heron, A. J. & Needham, D. Formation of Bilayers of Amphipathic Molecules WO patent 2008/012552 (2008).

    Google Scholar 

  13. Tsofina, L. M., Liberman, E. A. & Babakov, A. V. Nature 212, 681–683 (1966).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Funakoshi. K., Suzuki, H. & Takeuchi, S. Anal. Chem. 78, 8169–8174 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. David Needham is in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Duke University, Durham North Carolina 27708, USA,

    David Needham

Authors
  1. David Needham
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to David Needham.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

D. Needham is co-inventor of droplet interface bilayers, owned by Oxford University.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Needham, D. A brief history of multisomes. Nature Nanotech 6, 761–762 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2011.218

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2011.218

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation