- Use of monolayers as models of biological membranes and supramolecular aggregates for pharmaceutical purposes.
- Surface behaviour characterisation of vesicles, micelles, nanoparticles and other drug delivery systems.
- Penetration studies of water soluble chemicals into monolayers spread at the a/w interface (membrane adsorption kinetics, cell uptake molecular mechanisms).
- Structural characterisation of amphiphiles through surface potential, Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) and fluorescence measurements.
- Molecular and thermodynamic studies of interaction of drugs, macromolecules and other bioactive substances with biomembranes and other supramolecular aggregates (micelles, vesicles) used as delivery systems.
- Thermodynamic studies of surface miscibilityin multicomponent systems; surface phase diagrams.
- Monolayers of surfactants and macromolecules on solid substrates (Langmuir-Blodgett, Langmuir-Schaeffer films) for further instrumental analysis (microscopy, spectroscopy, etc).
- Studies of surface activity of surfactants under different conditions (pH, temperature, electrolytes, small solutes, etc).
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