Rumiana Dimova

Drag of a Solid Particle Trapped in a Thin Film or at an Interface: Influence of Surface Viscosity and Elasticity.

Electro-deformation and poration of giant vesicles viewed with high temporal resolution.

Electric pulses induce cylindrical deformations on giant vesicles in salt solutions.

Time scales of membrane fusion revealed by direct imaging of vesicle fusion with high temporal resolution.

Behavior of giant vesicles with anchored DNA molecules.

Novel method for measuring the adhesion energy of vesicles.

Transport of beads by several kinesin motors.

Morphological transitions of vesicles induced by alternating electric fields.

Transition from complete to partial wetting within membrane compartments.

Calcium binding and head group dipole angle in phosphatidylserine-phosphatidylcholine bilayers.

Nanoparticle formation in giant vesicles: synthesis in biomimetic compartments.

Electrohydrodynamic model of vesicle deformation in alternating electric fields.

Vesicles with charged domains.

Intrinsic contact angle of aqueous phases at membranes and vesicles.

Entropic effects and slow kinetics revealed in titrations of D2O-H2O solutions with different D/H ratios.

Stability of spherical vesicles in electric fields.

The intrinsically disordered late embryogenesis abundant protein LEA18 from Arabidopsis thaliana modulates membrane stability through binding and folding.

A new method for measuring edge tensions and stability of lipid bilayers: effect of membrane composition.

Interactions of alkali metal chlorides with phosphatidylcholine vesicles.

Membrane nanotubes induced by aqueous phase separation and stabilized by spontaneous curvature.

Binding of chitosan to phospholipid vesicles studied with isothermal titration calorimetry.

Boron carbon nitride nanostructures from salt melts: tunable water-soluble phosphors.

A practical guide to giant vesicles. Probing the membrane nanoregime via optical microscopy.

Membrane flow patterns in multicomponent giant vesicles induced by alternating electric fields†Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Vesicle preparation procedure, numerical calculations and confocal microscopy movies of domain motion. See DOI: 10.1039/b811876kClick here for additional data file.Click here for additional data file.Click here for additional data file.Click here for additional data file.Click here for additional data file.

Wetting-induced budding of vesicles in contact with several aqueous phases.

Concentration dependence of the interfacial tension for aqueous two-phase polymer solutions of dextran and polyethylene glycol.

Curvature of double-membrane organelles generated by changes in membrane size and composition.

Macro- versus microscopic view on the electrokinetics of a water-membrane interface.

Electrochemical detection of single microbeads manipulated by optical tweezers in the vicinity of ultramicroelectrodes.

Insights on the interactions of chitosan with phospholipid vesicles. Part I: Effect of polymer deprotonation.

Insights on the interactions of chitosan with phospholipid vesicles. Part II: Membrane stiffening and pore formation.

Recent developments in the field of bending rigidity measurements on membranes.

Effect of cytochrome c on the phase behavior of charged multicomponent lipid membranes.

Giant unilamellar vesicles formed by hybrid films of agarose and lipids display altered mechanical properties.

Cell rigidity and shape override CD47's "self"-signaling in phagocytosis by hyperactivating myosin-II.

Membrane morphology is actively transformed by covalent binding of the protein Atg8 to PE-lipids.

Ellipsoidal Relaxation of Deformed Vesicles.

Autophagosome closure requires membrane scission.

Patterns of Flexible Nanotubes Formed by Liquid-Ordered and Liquid-Disordered Membranes.

Posing for a picture: vesicle immobilization in agarose gel.

Molar mass fractionation in aqueous two-phase polymer solutions of dextran and poly(ethylene glycol).

Solution Asymmetry and Salt Expand Fluid-Fluid Coexistence Regions of Charged Membranes.

Modulating Vesicle Adhesion by Electric Fields.

GM1 Softens POPC Membranes and Induces the Formation of Micron-Sized Domains.

Copper ATPase CopA from Escherichia coli: Quantitative Correlation between ATPase Activity and Vectorial Copper Transport.

Fusion and scission of membranes: Ubiquitous topological transformations in cells.

Sequential bottom-up assembly of mechanically stabilized synthetic cells by microfluidics.