Water at Lipid Interfaces: Domains and Defects.

Confined Water Organization in the Fluid Phase of Phospholipid Self-Assemblies: The Three-Water Layer Model.

Breakdown of classical paradigms in lipid membranes. Part II: The permeability paradox.

Water soluble non electrolytes alter the density and the compressibility of the lipid membrane according to its ability to permeate. Glucose, a non-permeant, accumulates at the interphase binding to the PO2- groups promoting water extrusion and decreasing the specific volume and the compressibility without altering the...

The Molecular Interplay Between Lipids, Cholesterol and Membrane Hydration Layer.

This chapter summarizes the recent efforts to elucidate the intricate, three-way molecular interplay between membrane lipids, cholesterol, and the interfacial hydration layer and discusses how to disentangle the ability of water and cholesterol to modulate lipid membranes' fluidity.

Water: The Essential Liquid in Biophysics : From the Scrutiny of the Complex Nature of its Molecular Interactions to the Hydration Properties of Nanomaterials, Proteins and Membranes, and the Fingerprints of Hydrophobicity.

Water Dynamics in the Electric Double Layer at the Lipid Interfaces: Water in the Diffuse Layer is Dynamically Different from Bulk Water.

Charged interfaces are ubiquitous; therefore, their molecular-level understanding is crucial. At such interfaces, an electric double layer (EDL) is formed, and the EDL is considered to consist of the compact Stern layer (SL) adjacent to the interface and the diffuse Gouy-Chapman layer (DL) extending into the bulk. Desp...

Spatial Extent and Heterogeneity of Water at Phospholipid Membranes Revealed by Molecular Dynamics.