Search Results - "Faizi, Hammad A."
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Bending rigidity of charged lipid bilayer membranes
Published in Soft matter (24-07-2019)“…We experimentally investigate the effect of lipid charge on the stiffness of bilayer membranes. The bending rigidity of membranes with composition 0-100 mol%…”
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Torsional fracture of viscoelastic liquid bridges
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (15-06-2021)“…Short liquid bridges are stable under the action of surface tension. In applications like electronic packaging, food engineering, and additive manufacturing,…”
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The Neutrally Charged Diarylurea Compound PQ401 Kills Antibiotic-Resistant and Antibiotic-Tolerant Staphylococcus aureus
Published in mBio (30-06-2020)“…Resistance or tolerance to traditional antibiotics is a challenging issue in antimicrobial chemotherapy. Moreover, traditional bactericidal antibiotics kill…”
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Spontaneous self-propulsion and nonequilibrium shape fluctuations of a droplet enclosing active particles
Published in Communications physics (14-04-2022)“…Active particles, such as swimming bacteria or self-propelled colloids, spontaneously assemble into large-scale dynamic structures. Geometric boundaries often…”
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Assessing membrane material properties from the response of giant unilamellar vesicles to electric fields
Published in Advances in physics: X (01-01-2023)“…Knowledge of the material properties of membranes is crucial to understanding cell viability and physiology. A number of methods have been developed to probe…”
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A vesicle microrheometer for high-throughput viscosity measurements of lipid and polymer membranes
Published in Biophysical journal (15-03-2022)“…Viscosity is a key property of cell membranes that controls mobility of embedded proteins and membrane remodeling. Measuring it is challenging because existing…”
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Bending Rigidity, Capacitance, and Shear Viscosity of Giant Vesicle Membranes Prepared by Spontaneous Swelling, Electroformation, Gel-Assisted, and Phase Transfer Methods: A Comparative Study
Published in Langmuir (30-08-2022)“…Closed lipid bilayers in the form of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are commonly used membrane models. Various methods have been developed to prepare GUVs,…”
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Curvature fluctuations of fluid vesicles reveal hydrodynamic dissipation within the bilayer
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-10-2024)“…The biological function of membranes is closely related to their softness, which is often studied through the membranes' thermally driven fluctuations…”
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Electromechanical characterization of biomimetic membranes using electrodeformation of vesicles
Published in Electrophoresis (01-10-2021)“…We describe a facile method to simultaneously measure the bending rigidity and capacitance of biomimetic lipid bilayers. Our approach utilizes the ellipsoidal…”
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EPA and DHA differentially modulate membrane elasticity in the presence of cholesterol
Published in Biophysical journal (01-06-2021)“…Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) modify the activity of a wide range of membrane proteins and are increasingly hypothesized to modulate protein activity by…”
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A selective membrane-targeting repurposed antibiotic with activity against persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (13-08-2019)“…Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections is complicated by the development of antibiotic tolerance, a consequence of the ability of S. aureus to enter…”
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Deposition of Nanometric Polymer–Surfactant Complexes Formed by Cationic Dextran: A Path to Sustainable Formulations
Published in Langmuir (19-11-2024)“…The home and personal care industry is evolving toward more sustainable and environmentally friendly ingredients. Rinse-off personal care products rely on…”
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A vesicle microrheometer for viscosity measurements of lipids and polymer bilayers
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Transient Electrodeformation of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVS) to Probe Membrane Viscosity
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids differentially modulate membrane elasticity in membranes containing high cholesterol
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Shape Fluctuations of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles and its Applications to Study Electrified Membranes and Membrane Viscosity
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Curvature fluctuations of fluid vesicles reveal hydrodynamic dissipation within the bilayer
Published 16-08-2022“…The biological function of membranes is closely related to their softness, which is often studied through the membranes' thermally-driven fluctuations. The…”
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Stationary shapes of axisymmetric vesicles beyond lowest-energy configurations
Published 23-11-2023“…We conduct a systematic exploration of the energy landscape of vesicle morphologies within the framework of the Helfrich model. Vesicle shapes are determined…”
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A vesicle microrheometer for high-throughput viscosity measurements of lipid and polymer membranes
Published 04-09-2021“…Biophysical Journal (2022) Viscosity is a key property of cell membranes that controls mobility of embedded proteins and membrane remodeling. Measuring it is…”
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Fluctuation spectroscopy of giant unilamellar vesicles using confocal and phase contrast microscopy
Published 17-09-2020“…Soft Matter, 2020 A widely used method to measure the bending rigidity of bilayer membranes is fluctuation spectroscopy, which analyses the thermally-driven…”
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