The basic behavior of lipids in contact with water is due to their unusual nature. One end of the molecule is hydrophilic and the other is hydrophobic (Figure 1A), so lipid molecules will react to ...

This diversity is a reflection of the importance of a unique property—the amphipathicity of lipids with their hydrophobic acyl tails and hydrophilic head groups—involved in the living process ...

1,2 Liposomes are spherical vesicles formed by one or more lipid bilayers surrounding an aqueous core. This structure allows them to encapsulate both hydrophilic drugs (in the aqueous core) and ...

Lipid nanocapsules are composed of a lipid core surrounded by a surfactant shell ... These methods are versatile and can be used to encapsulate both hydrophobic and hydrophilic substances. Interfacial ...

Typically, the hydrophilic head of a lipid points one way while its two hydrophobic tails point in the other, but by having the tails alternate like this, the lipids are more tightly packed ...