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  • 2024

    172Extracellular Vesicle Mobility in Collagen I Hydrogels Is Influenced by Matrix-Binding Integrins, N.W. Tam, A. Becker, A. Mangiarotti, A. Cipitria, R. Dimova, ACS Nano 18, 29585–29601 (2024)
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c07186
    171Membrane nanotubes transform into double-membrane sheets at condensate droplets, Z. Zhao, V. Satarifard, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 121, e2321579121 (2024)
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321579121 Full text
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    Press release: From Nanotubes to Disks: How Droplets Remodel Cell Membranes
    170Interactions of polychlorinated cyclodiene pesticides with model fungal membranes – Langmuir monolayer and liposome studies,  M. Broniatowski, A. Wójcik, M. Stephan, V.N. Georgiev, D. Dimova, M. Mach, P. Wydro, Coll. Surf. A 702, 134970 (2024)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.134970 Full text
    169Effect of leaflet asymmetry on the stretching elasticity of lipid bilayers with phosphatidic acid, D, Drabik, P. Hinc, M. Stephan, R.R.M. Cavalcanti, A. Czogalla and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 123, 2406-2421 (2024)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.05.031 Full text BioRxiv link

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    168Hybrid crystalline bioparticles with nanochannels encapsulating acemannan from Aloe vera: Structure and interaction with lipid membranes, R.R.M. Madrid, P.D. Mathews, S. Pramanik, A. Mangiarotti, R. Fernandes, R. Itri, R. Dimova, O. Mertins, J. Coll. Interf. Sci. 673, 373-385 (2024)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.06.073 Full text
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    167Photoswitchable endocytosis of biomolecular condensates in giant vesicles, A. Mangiarotti, M. Aleksanyan, M. Siri, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Adv. Sci. 11, 2309864 (2024)
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.202309864 Full text BioRxiv link
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    166Adhesion energy controls lipid binding-mediated endocytosis, R. Groza, K.V. Schmidt, P.M. Müller, P. Ronchi, C. Schlack-Leigers, U. Neu, D. Puchkov, R. Dimova, C. Matthäus, J. Taraska, T.R. Weikl and H. Ewers, Nature Commun. 15, 2767 (2024)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47109-7 Full text BioRxiv link
    165Non-specific membrane-matrix interactions influence diffusivity of lipid vesicles in hydrogel environments, N. Tam, O. Schullian, A. Cipitria and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 123, 638-650 (2024)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.02.005 Full text BioRxiv link
    164Review: Biomolecular condensates in contact with membranes, A. Mangiarotti and R. Dimova, Annu. Rev. Biophys. 53, 319-341 (2024)
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-030722-121518 Full text
    Book chapter: The spectral phasor approach to resolving membrane order with environmentally sensitive dyes, A. Mangiarotti and R. Dimova, in Methods in EnzymologyEds. T. Baumgart & M. Deserno, 700:105-126, Academic Press (2024)
    DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2024.01.024
    163Bilayer charge asymmetry and oil residues  destabilizes membranes upon poration, F.S.C. Leomil, M. Stephan, S. Pramanik, K.A. Riske and R. Dimova, Langmuir 40, 4719-4731 (2024)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c03370 Full text BioRxiv link
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    162How membranes influence intracellular phase separation, R. Dimova, News & Views in Nature Chem. 16, 10–11 (2024) 
    DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01407-7 Full text

  • 2023

    161ESCRT-III remodeling of membranesStress granules plug and stabilize damaged endolysosomal membranes, C. Bussi, A. Mangiarotti, C. Vanhille-Campos, B. Aylan, E. Pellegrino, N. Athanasiadi, A. Fearns, A. Rodgers, T.M. Franzmann, A. Šarić, R. Dimova and M.G. Gutierrez, Nature 623, 1062–1069 (2023)
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01338 Full text
    160ESCRT-III remodeling of membranesBiomolecular condensates modulate membrane lipid packing and hydration,A. Mangiarotti, M. Siri, N.W. Tam, Z. Zhao, L. Malacrida and R. Dimova, Nature Com. 14, 6081 (2023) 
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41709-5 Full text BioRxiv link
    159ESCRT-III remodeling of membranesPhotomanipulation of minimal synthetic cells: area increase, softening, and interleaflet coupling of membrane models doped with azobenzene-lipid photoswitches, M. Aleksanyan, A. Grafmüller, F. Crea, V.N. Georgiev, N. Yandrapalli, S. Block, J. Heberle and R. Dimova, Adv. Sci. 10, 2304336 (2023) 
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.202304336 Full text BioRxiv link
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    158ESCRT-III remodeling of membranesACS Editors’ Choice: Elucidating the morphology of the endoplasmic reticulum: puzzles and perspectives, R. Lipowsky, S. Pramanik, A.S. Benk, M. Tarnawski, J.P. Spatz and R. Dimova, ACS Nano 17, 11957–11968 (2023)
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01338 Full text
    157Wetting and complex remodeling of membranes by biomolecular condensates, A. Mangiarotti, N. Chen, Z. Zhao, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Nature Commun. 14, 2809 (2023) 
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37955-2 Full text BioRxiv link
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    156ESCRT-III remodeling of membranesTunable biomimetic bacterial membranes from binary and ternary lipid mixtures and their application in antimicrobial testing, E. Krok, M. Stephan, R. Dimova and L. Piatkowski, Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Biomembranes 1865, 184194 (2023) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2023.184194 Full text BioRxiv link
    155Kinetic relaxation of giant vesicles validates diffusional softening in a binary lipid mixture, K. Sapp, M. Aleksanyan, K. Kerr, R. Dimova and A. Sodt, Phys. Rev. E 107, 054403 (2023)
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.107.054403 Full text BioRxiv link
    154ESCRT-III remodeling of membranesStep-wise remodelling and subcompartment formation of individual vesicles by three ESCRT-III proteins, Y. Avalos-Padilla, V.N. Georgiev, E. Ewins, T. Robinson, E. Orozco, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, iScience 26, 105765 (2023) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105765 Full text
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    153preparation of asymmetric LPS vesiclesBiomimetic asymmetric bacterial membranes incorporating lipopolysaccharide, M. Stephan, V. Dunsing, S. Pramanik, S. Chiantia, S. Barbirz, T. Robinson and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 122, 2147-2161 (2023) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.12.017 Full text
    152Efficient liposome fusion to phase-separated membranes dissolves gel domains in giant vesicles, R.R.M. Cavalcanti, R.B. Lira, E.J. Ewins, R. Dimova and K.A. Riske, Biophys. J. 122, 2099-2111 (2023)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.12.008 Full text
    151Review:  Curvature in biological systems: its quantification, emergence and implications across the scales, B. Schamberger, A. Roschger, R. Ziege, K. Anselme, M. Ben Amar, M. Bykowski, A.P.G. Castro, A. Cipitria, R. Coles, R. Dimova, M. Eder, S. Ehrig L.M. Escudero, M.E. Evans, P.R. Fernandes, P. Fratzl, L. Geris, N. Gierlinger, E. Hannezo, A. Iglič, J.J.K. Kirkensgaard, P. Kollmannsberger, Ł. Kowalewska, N.A. Kurniawan, I. Papantoniou, L. Pieuchot, T.H.V. Pires, L. Renner, A. Sageman-Furnas, G.E. Schröder-Turk, A. Sengupta, V.R. Sharma, A. Tagua, C. Tomba, X. Trepat, S.L. Waters, E. Yeo, C.M. Bidan and J.W.C Dunlop, J.W.C., Adv. Mater. 35, 2206110 (2023)
    DOI: 10.1002/adma.202206110 Full text
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    150Review:  Assessing membrane material properties from the response of giant unilamellar vesicles to electric fields, M. Aleksanyan, H.A. Faizi, M.-A. Kirmpaki, P.M. Vlahovska, K.A. Riske and R. Dimova, Adv. Phys.: X, 8, 2125342 (2023) 
    DOI: 10.1080/23746149.2022.2125342 Full text

  • 2022

    149Zwitterionic dendrimersomes: a closer xenobiotic mimic of cell membranes, A. Joseph, A.M. Wagner, M. Garay-Sarmiento, M. Aleksanyan, T. Haraszti, D. Söder, V.N. Georgiev, R. Dimova, V. Percec and c. Rodriguez-Emmenegger, Adv. Mater. 34, 2206288 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.1002/adma.202206288 Full text
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    148Membrane lipid organization and nicotinic acetylcholine receptor function: a necessary physiological relationship, C. Fabiani, V.N. Georgiev, A. Peñalva, L. Sigaut, L. Pietrasanta, J. Corradi, R. Dimova and S. Antollini, Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 730, 109413 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2022.109413 Full text
    147ACS Editors’ choice: Bending rigidity, capacitance and shear viscosity of giant vesicle membranes prepared by spontaneous swelling, electroformation, gel–assisted and phase transfer methods: a comparative study, H.A. Faizi, A. Tsui, R. Dimova and P.M. Vlahovska, Langmuir, 38, 10548–10557 (2022)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01402 Full text
    146Effects of solution conductivity on macropore size dynamics in electroporated lipid vesicle membranes, E. Sabri, M. Aleksanyan, C. Brosseau and R. Dimova, Bioelectrochemistry 147, 108222 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2022.108222 Full text
    145Binding of His-tagged fluorophores to lipid bilayers and giant vesicles, S. Pramanik, J. Steinkühler, R. Dimova, J, Spatz and R. Lipowsky, Soft Matter 18, 6372-6383 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.1039/D2SM00915C BioRxiv link Full text
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    144GM1 asymmetry in the membrane stabilizes pores, M. Aleksanyan, R. Lira, J. Steinkühler, R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 121, 3295-3302 (2022) 
    DOI: 0.1016/j.bpj.2022.06.011 BioRxiv link Full text
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    143Characterization of DAG binding to TRPC channels by target-dependent cis-trans isomerization of OptoDArG, H. Erkan-Candag, D. Krivic, M. Gsell, M. Aleksanyan, T. Stockner, R. Dimova, O. Tiapko and K. Groschner, Biomolecules, 12, 799 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.3390/biom12060799 Full text
    142Interactions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their nitro derivatives with bilayer and monolayer models of fungal membranes, A. Wójcik, M. Stephan, W. Ryczek, K. Olechowska, P. Wydro,  R. Dimova and M. Broniatowski, J. Mol. Liq. 360, 119591 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119591 Full text
    141Increased efficiency of charge-mediated fusion in polymer/lipid hybrid membranes, N. Marušič, J. Rauchhaus, Z. Zhao, L. Otrin, R. Dimova, I. Ivanov and K. Sundmacher, Proc. Natl Acad. Sci U.S.A. 119, e2122468119 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2122468119 Full text
    140A vesicle microrheometer for high-throughput viscosity measurements of lipid and polymer membranes, H.A. Faizi, R. Dimova, P.M. Vlahovska, Biophys. J. 121, 910-918 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.02.015 BioRxiv link Full text
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    139Integrin αIIbβ3 Activation and -Clustering in Minimal Synthetic Cells, L.T. Benk, A.S. Benk, R.B. Lira, El.A. Cavalcanti-Adam, R. Dimova, R. Lipowsky, B. Geiger and J.P. Spatz, Adv. NanoBiomed. Res., 2100094 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.1002/anbr.202100094 Full text
    138Controlled adhesion, membrane pinning and vesicle transport by Janus particles, E.J. Ewins, K. Han, B. Bharti, T. Robinson, O.D. Velev and R. Dimova, ChemComm 58, 3055-3058 (2022)
    DOI: 10.1039/D1CC07026F Full text
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    137Femtoliter injection of ESCRT-III proteins into adhered giant unilamellar vesicles, V.N. Georgiev, Y. Avalos-Padilla, X. Fernandes-Busquets and R. Dimova, Bio-Protocol 12, e4328 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4328 Full text
    136Magainin 2 and PGLa in Bacterial Membrane Mimics III: Membrane Fusion and Disruption, I. Kabelka, V. Georgiev L. Marx, P. Pajtinka, K. Lohner, G. Pabst, R. Dimova and R. Vácha, Biophys. J. 121, 852–861 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.12.035 Full text
    135Fusion-induced growth of biomimetic polymersomes: behavor of poly(dimethylsiloxane)-poly(ethylene oxide) vesicles in saline solutions under high agitation, N. Marušič, Z. Zhao, L. Otrin, R. Dimova, I. Ivanov and K. Sundmacher, Macromol. Rapid Commun. 42, 2100712 (2022) 
    DOI: 10.1002/marc.202100712 Full text
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    134Super-resolution imaging of highly curved membrane structures in giant vesicles encapsulating molecular condensates, Z. Zhao, R. Debjit, J. Steinkühler,  T. Robinson, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Adv. Mater. 34, 2106633 (2022)
    DOI: 10.1002/adma.202106633 BioRxiv link Full text
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  • 2021

    133PoET: automated approach for measuring pore edge tension in giant unilamellar vesicles, F.S.C. Leomil, M. Zocoler, R. Dimova and K.A. Riske, Bioinformatics Advances vol. 1, vbab037 (2021)
    DOI: 10.1093/bioadv/vbab037 Full text
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    132Super-elasticity of plasma- and synthetic membranes resulting from coupling of membrane asymmetry, curvature and lipid sorting,  J. Steinkühler,  T. Bhatia, Z. Zhao, F.S.C. Leomil, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Adv. Sci. 8, 2102109 (2021)
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.202102109 Full text
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    131Electromechanical characterization of biomimetic membranes using electrodeformation of vesicles, H.A. Faizi, R. Dimova and, P.M. Vlahovska, Electrophoresis, 42, 2027-2032 (2021) 
    DOI: 10.1002/elps.202100091 Full text
    130En route to dynamic life processes by SNARE-mediated fusion of polymer and hybrid membranes, L. Otrin, A. Witkowska, N. Marušič, Z. Zhao, R.B. Lira, F.L. Kyrilis, F. Hamdi, I. Ivanov, R. Lipowsky, P.L. Kastritis, R. Dimova, K. Sundmacher, R. Jahn, T. Vidaković-Koch, Nature Commun. 12, 4972 (2021) 
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25294-z Full text
    129ESCRT-III induces phase separation in model membranes prior to budding and causes invagination of the liquid-ordered phase, Y. Avalos-Padilla, V.N. Georgiev and R. Dimova Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Biomembranes, 1863, 183689 (2021)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2021.183689 Full text
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    128A needless but interesting controversy, J.F. Nagle, E.A. Evans, P. Bassereau, T. Baumgart, S. Tristram-Nagle and R. Dimova, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 118, e2025011118 (2021) 
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2025011118 Full text
    127The ESCRT-III machinery participates in the production of extracellular vesicles during Plasmodium falciparum infection, Y. Avalos-Padilla, V.N. Georgiev, E. Lantero, S. Pujals, R. Verhoef, L.N. Borgheti-Cardoso, L. Albertazzi, R. Dimova and X. Fernàndez-Busquets, PLOS Pathogens, 17, e1009455 (2021) DOI:10.1371/journal.ppat.1009455 BioRxiv link Full text
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    126Interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3 blocks fusion of diverse enveloped viruses by altering mechanical properties of cell membrane, X. Guo, J. Steinkühler, M. Marin, X. Li, W. Lu, R. Dimova and G.B. Melikyan, ACS Nano, 15, 8155−8170 (2021)
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c10567 BioRxiv link Full text
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    125Introduction to remodeling of biomembranes, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Soft Matter, 17, 214-221 (2021)
    DOI: 10.1039/d0sm90234a Full text
    124To close or to collapse: the role of charges on membrane stability upon pore formation, R.B. Lira, F.S.C. Leomil, R.J. Melo, K.A Riske and R. Dimova, Adv. Sci., 8, 2004068 (2021)
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.202004068 BioRxiv link Full text
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    123Spatiotemporal measurement of osmotic pressures by FRET imaging, W. Zhang, L. Bertinetti, K.G. Blank, R. Dimova, C. Gao, E. Schneck and P. Fratzl, Angew. Chem., 60, 6488 –6495 (2021)
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.202011983 Full text

  • 2020

    122Resolving the mechanisms of soy glycinin self-coacervation and hollow-condensate formation, N. Chen, Z. Zhao, Y. Wang and R. Dimova, ACS Macro Lett. 9, 1844−1852 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.0c00709 Full text
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    121Editor’s choice: Selective partitioning of (biomacro)molecules in the crowded environment of double hydrophilic block copolymers, R.B. Lira, J. Willersinn, B.V.K.J. Schmidt and R. Dimova, Macromolecules, 53, 10179−10188 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01839 Full text
    120Fluctuation spectroscopy of giant unilamellar vesicles using confocal and phase contrast microscopy, H.A. Faizi, C.J. Reeves, V.N. Georgiev, P.M. Vlahovska and R. Dimova, Soft Matter 16, 8996-9001 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00943A BioRxiv link
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    119Membrane permeability to water measured by microfluidic trapping of giant vesicles, T. Bhatia, T. Robinson and R. Dimova, Soft Matter 16, 7359-7369 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1039/d0sm00155d Full text
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    118The mechanical tension of biomembranes can be measured by super resolution (STED) microscopy of force-induced nanotubes, D. Roy, J. Steinkühler, Z. Zhao, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Nano Lett. 20, 3185–3191 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b05232 Full text
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    117Constructing artificial respiratory chain in polymer compartments: insights into the interplay between bo3 oxidase and the membrane, N. Marušič, L. Otrin, Z. Zhao, R.B. Lira, F.L. Kyrilis, F. Hamdi, P.L. Kastritis, T. Vidaković-Koch, I. Ivanov, K. Sundmacher and R. Dimova, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 117, 15006–15017 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1919306117 Full text
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    116 Aggregation and crosslinking of poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide)-b-pullulan double hydrophilic block copolymers, A. Plucinski, J. Willersinn, R.B. Lira, R. Dimova and B.V.K.J. Schmidt, Macromol. Chem. Phys. 221, 2000053 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1002/macp.202000053 Full text
    115Controlled division of cell-sized vesicles by low densities of membrane-bound proteins, J. Steinkühler, R.L. Knorr, Z. Zhao, T. Bhatia, S.M. Bartelt, S. Wegner, R. Dimova and R. Lipowsky, Nature Commun. 11, 905 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14696-0 Full text
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    114Reversible pH responsive coacervate formation in lipid vesicles activates dormant enzymatic reactions, C. Love, J. Steinküler, D.T. Gonzales, N. Yandrapalli, T. Robinson, R. Dimova and T-Y.D. Tang, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59, 2–9 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1002/anie.201914893 Full text
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    113Simple sugars shape giant vesicles into multispheres with many membrane necks, T. Bhatia, S. Christ, J. Steinkühler, R. Dimova and R. Lipowsky, Soft Matter 16, 1246-1258 (2020)
    DOI: 10.1039/C9SM01890E Full text
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  • 2019

    Book chapter: Fusion assays for model membranes: a critical review, R.B. Lira and R. Dimova, in Advances in Biomembranes and Lipid Self-Assembly, Lipowsky, R., Ed. Academic Press:  Vol. 30, pp 229-270 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1016/bs.abl.2019.09.003  Full text
    112Optimization of the inverted emulsion method for high-yield production of biomimetic giant unilamellar vesicles, A. Moga, N. Yandrapalli, R. Dimova and T. Robinson, ChemBioChem 20, 2674–2682 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900529 Full text
    111Mechanical properties of plasma membrane vesicles correlate with lipid order, viscosity and cell density, J. Steinkühler, E. Sezgin, I. Urbančič, C. Eggeling and R. Dimova,Commun. Biol. 2, 337 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0583-3 Full text
    Book chapter: Giant vesicles: A biomimetic tool for assessing membrane material properties and interactions, J. Steinkühler and R. Dimova,  In Mu-Ping Nieh, Frederick A. Heberle, John Katsaras (Eds.), Characterization of Biological Membranes: Structure and Dynamics (pp. 415–440). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. 
    DOI: 10.1515/9783110544657-013

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    110Light controls cell to cell adhesion and communication in minimal synthetic cells, T. Chakraborty, S.M. Bartelt, J. Steinkühler, R. Dimova and S.V. Wegner, Chem. Commun. 55, 9448-9451 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1039/C9CC04768A Full textVideo S1 Video S2
    109Bending rigidity of charged lipid bilayer membranes, H. Faizi, S. Frey, J. Steinkühler, R. Dimova and P. Vlahovska, Soft Matter 15, 6006-6013 (2019), 
    DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00772e Full text
    108Behavior of the DPH Fluorescence Probe in Membranes Perturbed by Drugs, C. Poojari, N. Wilkosz, R.B. Lira, R. Dimova, P. Jurkiewicz, M. Kepczynski and T. Róg, Chem. Phys. Lipids223, 104784 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.104784 Full text
    107Compartments for synthetic cells: osmotically assisted separation of oil from double emulsions in microfluidic chip, D. Krafft, S.L. Castellanos, Rafael B. Lira, R. Dimova, I. Ivanov and K. Sundmacher, ChemBioChem 20, 2604-2608 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900152 Full text
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    106Interaction of SNARE mimetic peptides with lipid bilayers: effects of secondary structure, bilayer composition and lipid anchoring, S. Wagle, V.N. Georgiev, T. Robinson, R. Dimova, R. Lipowsky and A. Grafmüller, Sci. Rep. 9, 7708 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43418-w Full text
    105Giant vesicles encapsulating aqueous two-phase systems: from phase diagram to membrane shape transformations, Y. Liu, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Front. Chem. 7, 213 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00213 Full Text
    104Review: Giant vesicles and their use in assays for assessing membrane phase state, curvature, mechanics and electrical properties, R. Dimova, Annu. Rev. Biophys. 48, 93-119 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-052118-115342 Full text
    103Directed growth of biomimetic microcompartments, I. Ivanov, R.B. Lira, T-Y.D. Tang, T. Franzmann, A. Klosin, L.C. da Silva, A. Hyman, K. Landfester, R. Lipowsky, K. Sundmacher and R. Dimova, Adv. Biosys. 3, 1800314 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1002/adbi.201800314 Full Text
    102Highly efficient protein-free membrane fusion: a giant vesicle study, R.B. Lira, T. Robinson, R. Dimova and K.A. Riske, Biophys. J. 116, 79-91 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.11.3128 Full Text
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    101Poly(ionic liquid) nanoparticles selectively disrupt biomembranes, E. Ewins, R.B. Lira, W. Zhang, J. Yuan, M. Antonietti, T. Robinson and R. Dimova, Adv. Sci. 6, 1801602 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.201801602 Full Text
    100Membrane fluctuations and acidosis regulate cooperative binding of “Marker of Self” CD47 to macrophage receptor SIRPA, J. Steinkühler, B. Różycki, C. Alvey, R. Lipowsky, T.R. Weikl, R. Dimova and D.E. Discher, J. Cell Sci. 132, jcs216770 (2019) 
    DOI: 10.1242/jcs.216770 Full Text

  • 2018

    99Asymmetric ionic conditions generate large membrane curvatures, M. Karimi, J. Steinkühler, D. Roy, R. Dasgupta, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Nano Lett. 18, 7816−7821 (2018) 
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03584 Full Text
    98Spatial relationship and functional relevance of three lipid domain populations at the erythrocyte surface, L. Conrard, A. Stommen, J. Steinkühler, R. Dimova, H. Pollet and D. Tyteca, Cell. Physiol. Biochem. 51, 1544-1565 (2018) 
    DOI: 10.1159/000495645 Full Text
    97Light-guided motility of a minimal synthetic cell, S.M. Bartelt, J. Steinkühler, R. Dimova and S.V. Wegner, Nano Lett. 18, 7268−7274 (2018) 
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03469 Full Text
    96Review: Liposomes and polymersomes: a comparative review towards cells mimicking, E. Rideau, R. Dimova, P. Schwille, F. Wurm, K. Landfester, Chem. Soc. Rev.,47, 8572-8610 (2018) 
    DOI: 10.1039/C8CS00162F Full Text
    95Charged giant unilamellar vesicles prepared by electroformation exhibit nanotubes and transbilayer lipid asymmetry, J. Steinkühler, P. De Tillieux, R.L. Knorr, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Sci. Rep. 8, 11838 (2018) 
    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30286-z Full Text
    94Micron-sized domains in quasi single-component giant vesicles, R.L. Knorr, J. Steinkühler and R. Dimova, Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Biomembr. 1860, 1957-1964 (2018) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.06.015 Full Text
    93The glycolipid GM1 reshapes asymmetric biomembranes and giant vesicles by curvature generation, R. Dasgupta, M. Miettinen, N. Fricke, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 115, 5756-5761 (2018). 
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1722320115 Full Text

    A gallery of tubulated vesicles. Image designed by Jaakko Seppälä
    92Area Increase and Budding in Giant Vesicles Triggered by Light: Behind the Scene, V. N. Georgiev, A. Grafmüller, D. Bléger, S. Hecht, S. Kunstmann, S. Barbirz, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Adv. Sci. 5, 1800432 (2018) 
    DOI: 10.1002/advs.201800432 Full Text Movie

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    91The 2018 Biomembrane Curvature and Remodeling Roadmap, P. Bassereau, R. Jin, T. Baumgart, M. Deserno, R. Dimova, V.A. Frolov, P.V. Bashkirov, H. Grubmüller, R. Jahn, H.J. Risselada, L. Johannes, M.M. Kozlov, R. Lipowsky, T.J. Pucadyil, W.F. Zeno, J.C. Stachowiak, D. Stamou, A. Breuer, L. Lauritsen, C. Simon, C. Sykes, G.A. Voth, T.R. Weikl, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 51, 343001 (2018). 
    DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aacb98 Full Text

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    90Sucrose solutions alter the electric capacitance and dielectric permittivity of lipid bilayers, V. Vitkova, D. Mitkova, K. Antonova, G. Popkirov and R. Dimova, Colloid Surf. A-Physicochem. Eng. 557, 51-57 (2018), 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.05.011 Full Text
    89MaxSynBio: avenues towards creating cells bottom-up, P. Schwille, J. Spatz, K. Landfester, E. Bodenschatz, S. Herminghaus, V. Sourjik, T. Erb, P. Bastiaens, R. Lipowsky, A. Hyman, P. Dabrock, J.-C. Baret, T. Vidakovic-Koch, P. Bieling, R. Dimova, H. Mutschler, T. Robinson, T.-Y. D. Tang, S. Wegner, K. Sundmacher, Angew. Chem. 57, 13382–13392 (2018). 
    DOI: 10.1002/ange.201802288 Full Text
    88Membrane Nanotubes Increase the  Robustness of Giant Vesicles, T. Bhatia, J. Agudo-Canalejo, R. Dimova, and R. Lipowsky, ACS Nano 12, 4478–4485 (2018) 
    DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b00640 Full Text
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    87The conserved ESCRT III machinery participates in the phagocytosis of Entamoeba histolytica, Y. Avalos-Padilla, R. Knorr, R. Javier-Reyna, G. García-Rivera, R. Lipowsky, R. Dimova and  E. Orozco, Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 8, 53 (2018) 
    DOI:10.3389/fcimb.2018.00053 Full Text
    86Dynamic blue light-switchable protein patterns on giant unilamellar vesicles, S.M. Bartelt, E. Chervyachkova, J. Steinkühler, J. Ricken, R. Wieneke, R. Tampé, R. Dimova and S. V. Wegner, ChemComm 54, 948-951 (2018) 
    DOI: 10.1039/C7CC08758F Full Text
    85Sequential bottom-up assembly of mechanically stabilized synthetic cells by microfluidics, M. Weiss, J.P. Frohnmayer, L.T. Benk, B. Haller, J.-W. Janiesch, T. Heitkamp, M. Börsch, R.B. Lira, R. Dimova, R. Lipowsky, E. Bodenschatz, J.-C. Baret, T. Vidakovic-Koch, K. Sundmacher, I. Platzman, and J. P. Spatz, Nature Materials 17, 89-96 (2018) 
    DOI: 10.1038/nmat5005 Full Text

  • 2017

    84Fusion and scission of membranes: ubiquitous topological transformations in cells, R.L. Knorr, N. Mizushima and R. Dimova, Traffic 18, 758–761 (2017) 
    DOI: 10.1111/tra.12509 Full Text
    83Phase behavior of charged vesicles under symmetric and asymmetric solution conditions monitored with fluorescence microscopy, B. Kubsch, T. Robinson, J. Steinkühler and R. Dimova, JoVE 128, e56034 (2017) 
    DOI:10.3791/56034 Full Text Play video
    82Copper ATPase CopA from Escherichia coli: Quantitative Correlation between ATPase Activity and Vectorial Copper Transport, C.J.K. Wijekoon, S.R. Udagedara, R.L. Knorr, R. Dimova, A.G. Wedd and Z. Xiao, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139, 4266−4269 (2017) 
    DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b12921 Full Text
    81Review: Giant vesicles exposed to aqueous two-phase systems: Membrane wetting, budding processes, and spontaneous tubulation, R. Dimova and R. Lipowsky, Adv. Mater. Interfaces 4, 1600451 (2017) 
    DOI: 10.1002/admi.201600451 Full Text
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  • 2016

    80GM1 softens POPC membranes and induces the formation of micron-sized domains, N. Fricke and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 111, 1935–1945 (2016) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.09.028 Full Text
    Book chapter:  Electrodeformation, Electroporation, and Electrofusion of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles, R. Dimova and K. Riske, in Handbook on Electroporation, edited by D. Miclavcic, Springer International Publishing, Cham. 1-18 (2016), ISBN: 978-3-319-26779-1 
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-26779-1_199-1 Full Text
    79Modulating vesicle adhesion by electric fields, J. Steinkühler, J. Agudo-Canalejo, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 111, 1454–1464 (2016) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.08.029 Full Text
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    78Solution Asymmetry and Salt Expand Fluid-Fluid Coexistence Regions in Charged Membranes, B. Kubsch, T. Robinson, R. Lipowsky, and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 110, 2581–2584 (2016) 
    DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2016.05.028 Full Text
    77Posing for a picture: vesicle immobilization in agarose gel, R.B. Lira, J. Steinkühler, R.L. Knorr, R. Dimova, and K.A. Riske, Sci. Rep. 6, 25254 (2016) 
    DOI: 10.1038/srep25254 Full Text
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    76Molar Mass Fractionation in Aqueous Two-Phase Polymer Solutions of Dextran and Poly(ethylene glycol), Z. Zhao, Q. Lia, X. Jia, R. Dimova, R. Lipowsky, and Y. Liu, J. Chromatogr. A  1452, 107–115 (2016) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2016.04.075 Full Text
    75Patterns of flexible nanotubes formed by liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered membranes, Y. Liu, J. Agudo-Canalejo, A. Grafmueller, R. Dimova, and R. Lipowsky, ACS Nano 10, 463–474 (2016) 
    DOI:10.1021/acsnano.5b05377 Full Text

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  • 2015

    74Ellipsoidal Relaxation of Deformed Vesicles, M. Yu, R. B. Lira, K. A. Riske, R. Dimova, and H. Lin, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 128303 (2015) 
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.128303 Full Text
    73Autophagosome closure requires membrane scission, R. L. Knorr, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Autophagy 11, 2134-2137 (2015)
    DOI:10.1080/15548627.2015.1091552 Full Text
    72Viscoelasticity of polyethylene glycol solutions on supported lipid bilayer studied by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation, Z. Zhao, X. Ji, R. Dimova, R. Lipowsky and Y. Liu, Macromolecules 48, 1824-1831 (2015) 
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00095 Full Text
    71Cell rigidity and shape override CD47’s ‘self’ signaling in phagocytosis by hyperactivating myosin-II, N. Sosale, T. Rouhiparkouhi, A. Bradshaw, R. Dimova, R. Lipowsky and D. Discher, Blood 125, 542-552 (2015) 
    DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-06-585299 Full Text

  • 2014

    70Membrane morphology is actively transformed by covalent binding of the protein Atg8 to PE-lipids, R. Knorr, H. Nakatogawa, Y. Ohsumi, R. Lipowsky,  T. Baumgart and R. Dimova, PLOS ONE 9, e115357 (2014) 
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115357 Full Text
    69Giant unilamellar vesicles formed by hybrid films of lipids and agarose display altered mechanical properties, R. B. Lira, R. Dimova and K. A. Riske, Biophys. J. 107, 1609–1619 (2014)
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.08.009 Full Text
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    68Inward and outward membrane tubes pulled from giant vesicles, R. Dasgupta and R. Dimova, J. Phys. D Appl. Phys., 47, 282001 (2014) 
    DOI:10.1088/0022-3727/47/28/282001 Full Text
    67Effect of cytochrome c on the phase behavior of charged multicomponent lipid membranes, S. Pataraia, Y. Liu, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1838, 2036-2045 (2014) dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.04.0 19 Full Text
    66Recent developments in the field of bending rigidity measurements on membranes, R. Dimova, Adv. Coll. Interf. Sci., 208, 225–234 (2014) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.03.003 Full Text

  • 2013

    65Insights on the interactions of chitosan with phospholipid vesicles. Part II: Membrane stiffening and pore formation, O. Mertins and R. Dimova, Langmuir, 29, 14552−14559 (2013) 
    DOI: 10.1021/la4032199 Full Text
    64Insights on the interactions of chitosan with phospholipid vesicles. Part I: Effect of polymer deprotonation, O. Mertins and R. Dimova, Langmuir,  29, 14545−14551 (2013) 
    DOI: 10.1021/la403218c Full Text
    63Electrochemical detection of single microbeads manipulated by optical tweezers in the vicinity of ultramicroelectrodes, E. Suraniti, F. Kanoufi, C. Gosse, X. Zhao, R. Dimova, B. Pouligny and N. Sojic, Anal. Chem., 85, 8902−8909 (2013) 
    DOI: 10.1021/ac402200p Full Text
    62Macro- versus microscopic view on the electrokinetics of a water/membrane interface, V. Knecht , B. Klasczyk and R. Dimova, Langmuir, 29, 7939−7948 (2013) 
    DOI: 10.1021/la400342m Full Text
    61Phase diagram and tie-line determination for the ternary mixture DOPC/eggSM/Cholesterol, N. Bezlyepkina, R. Gracià, P. Shchelokovskyy,  R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Biophys. J, 104, 1456-1464 (2013) 
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2013.02.0 24 Full Text

  • 2012

    60Highlight: Lipid membranes in contact with aqueous phases of polymer solutions, R. Dimova and R. Lipowsky, Soft Matter, 8, 6409-6415 (2012) 
    DOI:10.1039/C2SM25261A Full Text

    identified as a hot article
    Book chapter:  Giant Vesicles: A Biomimetic Tool for Membrane Characterization, R. Dimova, in Advances in Planar Lipid Bilayers and Liposomes, edited by  Aleš Iglič,  Elsevier, Burlington: Academic Press, vol. 16, pp. 1-50 (2012), ISBN: 978-0-12-396534-9 
    DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-396534-9.00001-5

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    59Solution behavior of double-hydrophilic block copolymers in dilute aqueous solution, O. Casse, A. Shkilnyy, J. Linders, C. Mayer, D. Haussinger, A. Völkel, A. F. Thünemann, R. Dimova, H. Cölfen, W. Meier, H. Schlaad and A. Taubert, Macromolecules, 45, 4772−4777 (2012) 
    DOI:10.1021/ma300621g Full Text
    58Curvature of double-membrane organelles generated by changes in membrane size and composition, R. L. Knorr, R. Dimova and R. Lipowsky, PLoS ONE, 7, e32753 (2012) 
    DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0032753 Full Text
    57Electrodeformation method for measuring the capacitance of bilayer membranes, P. F. Salipante, R. Knorr, R. Dimova and P. M. Vlahovska, Soft Matter,  8, 3810-3816 (2012) 
    DOI: 10.1039/c2sm07105c Full Text
    56Concentration dependence of the interfacial tension for aqueous two-phase polymer solutions of dextran and polyethylene glycol, Y. Liu, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Langmuir, 28, 3831−3839 (2012) 
    DOI: 10.1021/la204757z Full Text
    55Wetting-induced budding of vesicles in contact with several aqueous phases, Y. Li, H. Kusumaatmaja, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, J. Phys. Chem. B 116, 1819−1823 (2012) 
    DOI: 10.1021/jp211850t

  • 2011

    Book chapter:  Membrane Electroporation in High Electric Fields, R. Dimova, in Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering: Bioelectrochemistry, edited by  R. C. Alkire, D. M. Kolb, J. Lipkowski,  Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Editon edn., vol. 13, pp. 335-367 (2011) 
    DOI: 10.1002/9783527644117.ch7 galleys
    54Membrane nanotubes induced by aqueous phase separation and stabilized by spontaneous curvature, Y. Li, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 108, 4731–4736 (2011) 
    DOI:10.1073/pnas.1015892108 Full Text
    53Binding of chitosan to phospholipid vesicles studied with isothermal titration calorimetry, O. Mertins and R. Dimova, Langmuir, 27, 5506–5515 (2011) 
    DOI:/10.1021/la200553t Full Text
    52Boron Carbon Nitride Nanostructures from Salt Melts: Tunable Water Soluble
    Phosphors, W. Lei, D. Portehault, R. Dimova and M. Antonietti, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133, 7121–7127 (2011) 
    DOI: 10.1021/ja200838c Full Text
    Book chapter: Nanoparticle synthesis in vesicle microreactors, P. Yang and R. Dimova, in Biomimetic Based Applications, edited by A. George, InTech, 523-552 (2011) 
    ISBN 978-953-307-195-4 Full Text
    51Effect of the HIV-1 fusion peptide on the mechanical properties and leaflet coupling of lipid bilayers, P. Shchelokovskyy, S. Tristram-Nagle and R. Dimova, New J. Phys. 13, 025004 (2011) 
    DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/2/025004 Full Text
    50The intrinsically disordered late embryogenesis abundant protein LEA18 from Arabidopsis thaliana modulates membrane stability through binding and folding, M. Hundertmark, R. Dimova, J. Lengefeld, R. Seckler and D. K. Hincha, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1808, 446–453 (2011) 
    DOI:10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.09.010 Full Text

  • 2010

    49Interactions of alkali metal chlorides with phosphatidylcholine vesicles, B. Klasczyk, V. Knecht, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Lamgmuir, 26, 18951–18958 (2010) 
    DOI: 10.1021/la103631y Full Text
    48A new method for measuring edge tensions and stability of lipid bilayers: effect of membrane composition, T. Portet and R. Dimova, Biophys. J., 99, 3264–3273 (2010) 
    DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2010.09.032 Full Text
    47Stability of spherical vesicles in electric fields, T. Yamamoto, S. Aranda-Espinoza, R. Dimova and R. Lipowsky, Langmuir, 26, 12390–12407 (2010)
    DOI:10.1021/la1011132 Full Text
    46Wrinkling and electroporation of giant vesicles in the gel phase, R. L. Knorr, M. Staykova, R. S. Gracia, and R. Dimova, Soft Matter, 6, 1990–1996 (2010) 
    DOI:10.1039/B925929E Full Text
    45Entropic effects and slow kinetics revealed in titrations of D2O-H2O solutions with different D/H ratios, Y. Katsir, Y. Shapira, Y. Mastai, R. Dimova, and E. Ben-Jacob, J. Phys. Chem. B, 114, 5755–5763 (2010)
    DOI:10.1021/jp909657m Full Text
    44Effect of cholesterol on the rigidity of saturated and unsaturated membranes: fluctuation and electrodeformation analysis of giant vesicles, R. S. Gracia, N. Bezlyepkina, R. L. Knorr, R. Lipowsky, and R. Dimova, Soft Matter, 6, 1472–1482 (2010) 
    DOI:10.1039/B920629A Full Text
    43Vesicles with charged domains, C. C. Vequi-Suplicy, K. A. Riske, R. L. Knorr, and R. Dimova, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1798, 1338–1347 (2010) 
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.12.023 Full Text
    42Cooperative behavior of molecular motors: Cargo transport and traffic phenomena, R. Lipowsky, J. Beeg, R. Dimova, S. Klumpp, and  M.J.I. Müller, Physica E, 42, 649-661 (2010) 
    doi:10.1016/j.physe.2009.08.010 Full Text

  • 2009

    41Intrinsic contact angle of aqueous phases at membranes and vesicles, H. Kusumaatmaja, Y. Li, R. Dimova, and R. Lipowsky, Phys. Rev Lett., 103, 238103 (2009) 
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.238103 Full Text
    40Review: Vesicles in electric fields: Some novel aspects of membrane behavior, R. Dimova, N. Bezlyepkina, M. D. Jordö, R. L. Knorr, K. A. Riske, M. Staykova, P. M. Vlahovska, T. Yamamoto, P. Yang, and R. Lipowsky, Soft Matter, 5, 3201-3212 (2009) 
    DOI: 10.1039/B901963D Full Text
    39Most accessed article in June 2009: Nanoparticle formation in giant vesicles: synthesis in biomimetic compartments, P. Yang, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Small, 5, 2033-2037 (2009) 
    DOI:10.1002/smll.200900560 Full Text
    38Electrohydrodynamic model of vesicle deformation in alternating electric fields, P. M. Vlahovska, R. S. Gracia, S. Aranda-Espinoza and R. Dimova, Biophys. J, 96, 4789–4803 (2009) 
    DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.054 Full Text
    37Bursting of charged multicomponent vesicles subjected to electric pulses, K. A. Riske, R. L. Knorr and R. Dimova, Soft Matter, 5, 1983-1986 (2009) from the cover
    DOI: 10.1039/B900548J Full Text
    36Review: Active bio-systems: from single motor molecules to cooperative cargo transport, R. Lipowsky, J. Beeg, R. Dimova, S. Klumpp, S. Liepelt, M. J. I. Müller and A. Valleriani, Biophys. Rev. Lett., 4, 77-137 (2009) 
    DOI: 10.1142/S1793048009000946 Full Text
    Book chapter: Traffic by small teams of molecular motors, M.J.I. Müller, J. Beeg, R. Dimova, S. Klumpp, and R. Lipowsky, in: Traffic and Granular Flow ’07, edited by C. Appert-Rolland, F. Chevoir, P. Gondret, S. Lassarre, J.-P. Lebacque and M. Schreckenberg, Springer, Berlin, pp. 695-700 (2009) 
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    35Thermal property changes of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgel particles and block copolymers, K. Tauer, D. Gau, S. Schulze, A. Völkel and R. Dimova, Colloid Polym. Sci., 287, 299-312 (2009) 
    DOI: 10.1007/s00396-008-1984-x Full Text
    34Calcium binding and head group dipole angle in phosphatidylserine-phosphatidylcholine bilayers, P. T. Vernier, M. J. Ziegler and R. Dimova, Langmuir, 25, 1020-1027 (2009) 
    DOI: 10.1021/la8025057 Full Text

  • 2008

    33Membrane flow patterns in multicomponent giant vesicles induced by alternating electric fields, M. Staykova, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Soft Matter, 4, 2168-2171 (2008) 
    DOI: 10.1039/B811876K Full Text
    32Transition from complete to partial wetting within membrane compartments, Y. Li, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 12252–12253 (2008) 
    DOI: 10.1021/ja8048496 Full Text
    31Morphological transitions of vesicles induced by AC electric fields, S. Aranda, K. A. Riske, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Biophys. J, 95, L19-L21 (2008).
    Full Text
    30Transport of beads by several kinesin motors, J. Beeg, S. Klumpp, R. Dimova, R. S. Gracia, E. Unger and R. Lipowsky, Biophys. J, 94, 532-541 (2008).
    Full Text

  • 2007

    29Optical tweezers in interaction with an apertureless probe, P. Chaumet, B. Pouligny, R. Dimova and N. Sojic, J. Appl. Phys. 102, 024915 (2007).
    Full Text
    28Review: Giant vesicles in electric fields, R. Dimova, K. A. Riske, S. Aranda, N. Bezlyepkina, R. L. Knorr  and R. Lipowsky, Soft Matter, 3, 817-927 (2007) 
    DOI: 10.1039/B703580B Full Text
    27Behavior of giant vesicles with anchored DNA molecules, V. Nikolov, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Biophys J. 92, 4356–4368 (2007).
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    26Control of the interaction between membranes and vesicles: adhesion, fusion and release of dyes, D. Volodkin, V. Ball, J.-C. Voegel, H. Möhwald, R. Dimova and V. Marchi-Artzner, Coll. Surf. A, 303, 89-96 (2007).
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    Book chapter: Optical dynamometry to study phase transitions in lipid membranes, R. Dimova and B. Pouligny, in “Methods in Membrane Lipids”, ed. A. Dopico, Humana Press, pp.227-236 (2007)
    DOI 10.1007/s12033-008-9057-4 Full Text
    25Novel method for measuring the adhesion energy of vesicles, T. Gruhn, T. Franke, R. Dimova and R. Lipowsky, Langmuir, 23, 5423-5429 (2007).
    DOI: 10.1021/la063123r Full Text

  • 2006

    24Implementing both short- and long-working-distance optical trapping into a commercial microscope, P. Kraikivski, B. Pouligny and R. Dimova, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 77, 113703 (2006).
    DOI: 10.1063/1.2400023 Full Text
    23Timescales of membrane fusion revealed by direct imaging of vesicle fusion with high temporal resolution, C.K. Haluska, K.A. Riske, V. Marchi-Artzner, J.-M. Lehn, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 103, 15841–15846 (2006); from the cover.
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0602766103 Full Text
    22Electrofusion of model lipid membranes viewed with high temporal resolution, K. A. Riske, N. Bezlyepkina, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, Biophys. Rev. Lett. 4, 387-400 (2006).
    DOI: 10.1142/S179304800600032X Full Text
    21Binding of ion pairs onto polymer gels via dehydration entropy: a new mechanism for ion exchange, C.G. Sinn, R. Dimova, C. Huin, Ö. Sel, and M. Antonietti, Macromolecules 39, 6310-6312 (2006).  
    DOI: 10.1021/ma061095d Full Text
    *note: in the initial publication of this article my name in the coauthors’ list was misspelled as “Rumina Dimora”; for more information on this subject read here 🙂
    20Electric pulses induce cylindrical deformations on giant vesicles in salt solutions, K. A. Riske and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 91, 1778-1786 (2006).
    DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.081620 Full Text
    Using Multiporator® to master vesicle electrofusion, R. Dimova and K. A. Riske, Eppendorf BioNews Application Notes, 25, 7 (2006).
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    19Review: A practical guide to giant vesicles. Probing the membrane nanoregime via optical microscopy, R. Dimova, S. Aranda, N. Bezlyepkina, V. Nikolov, K. A. Riske and R. Lipowsky, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, S1151-S1176 (2006).
    DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/18/28/S04 Full Text
    18Binding of calcium to phosphatidylcholine-phosphatidylserine membranes, C. Sinn, M. Antonietti and R. Dimova, Coll. and Surf. A 283, 410-419 (2006).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2005.10.014 Full Text

  • 2005

    17Influence of different salts on micro-sized polyelectrolyte hollow capsules, R. Georgieva, R. Dimova, G. Sukhorukov, G. Ibarz and H. Möhwald, J. Mater. Chem. 15, 4301-4310 (2005).
    DOI: 10.1039/B507848B Full Text
    16Composition dependence of vesicle morphology and mixing properties in a bacterial model membrane system, B. Pozo Navas, K. Lohner, G. Deutsch, E. Sevcsik, K. A. Riske, R. Dimova, P. Garidel and G. Pabst, Biochem. Biophys. Acta Biomembranes  1716, 40-48 (2005).
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2005.08.003 Full Text
    15Wetting, budding, and fusion – morphological transitions of soft surfaces, R. Lipowsky, M. Brinkmann, R. Dimova, C. Haluska, J. Kierfeld and J. Shillcock, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17,S2885–S2902 (2005).
    DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/31/016 Full Text
    14Electro-deformation and -poration of giant vesicles viewed with high temporal resolution, K. A. Riske and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. 88, 1143-1155 (2005).
    DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.050310 Full Text
    13Droplets, bubbles, and vesicles at chemically structured surfaces, R. Lipowsky, M. Brinkmann, R. Dimova, T. Franke, J. Kierfeld and X. Zhang, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 17, S537-S558 (2005).
    DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/17/9/015 Full Text
    Fusion of functionalized giant vesicles. C. Haluska, V. Marchi-Artzner, J. Brienne, J.-M. Lehn, R. Lipowsky, R. Dimova, Biophys. J. (Annual Meeting Abstracts). 88:66a (2005).
    Timescales involved in electro- deformation, poration and fusion of giant vesicles resolved with fast digital imaging. K. Riske and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. (Annual Meeting Abstracts). 88:241a (2005).
    Binding of avidin to biotinylated membranes: isothermal titrational calorimetry study. V. Nikolov, R. Dimova, Biophys. J. (Annual Meeting Abstracts). 88:581a (2005).

    2004

    12Isothermal Titration Calorimetry of the Polyelectrolyte/Water Interaction and Binding of Ca2+: Effects Determining the Quality of Polymeric Scale Inhibitors, C. Sinn, R. Dimova, and M. Antonietti, Macromolecules, 37, 3444-3450 (2004).
    DOI: 10.1021/ma030550s Full Text
    High temporal resolution of electro- poration, fusion and deformation of giant vesicles. “Squaring” the vesicles. K. Riske, R. Lipowsky, and R. Dimova, Biophys. J. (Annual Meeting Abstracts). 86:518a (2004).
    Fusion of giant vesicles observed with time resolution below a millisecond. C. Haluska, V. Marchi-Artzner, J. Brienne, J.-M. Lehn, R. Lipowsky, R. Dimova, Biophys. J. (Annual Meeting Abstracts). 86:519a (2004).
    Changes in the Membrane Spontaneous Curvature Induced by Grafting of Long Polymers. V. Nikolov, R. Lipowsky, H.-G. Döbereiner, R. Dimova, Biophys. J. (Annual Meeting Abstracts). 86:197a (2004).

    2003

    11Binding of Polymers to Calcite Crystals in Water: Characterization by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry, R. Dimova, R. Lipowsky, Y. Mastai and M. Antonietti, Langmuir, 19, 6097-6103 (2003)
    DOI: 10.1021/la034193q Full Text
    10Domains in Membranes and Vesicles, R. Lipowsky and R. Dimova, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter15, S31-S45 (2003)
    DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/1/304 Full Text

    2002

    9Hyperviscous Diblock Copolymer Vesicles, R. Dimova, U. Seifert, B. Pouligny, S. Förster and H.-G. Döbereiner, European Physical Journal B, 7, 241-250 (2002). 
    DOI: 10.1140/epje/i200101032 Full Text
    8Polyampholyte-Dressed Micelles of Fluorinated and Hydrogenated Dodecanoic Acid, A. Thünemann, K. Sander, W. Jaeger, and R. Dimova, Langmuir, 18, 5099-5105 (2002). 
    DOI: 10.1021/la020188v Full Text

  • 2000

    7Pretransitional effects in DMPC-vesicle membranes: optical dynamometry study,  R. Dimova,  B. Pouligny and C. Dietrich, Biophys. J. 79, 340-356 (2000) 
    DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76296-5 Full Text
    6Viscous drag of a solid sphere straddling a spherical or flat surface, K. Danov, R. Dimova and B. Pouligny, Physics of Fluids, 12, 2711-2722 (2000) 
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1289692 Full Text
    5Drag of a solid particle trapped in a thin film or at an interface: influence of surface viscosity and elasticity, R. Dimova, K. Danov, B. Pouligny and B.I. Ivanov, J. Colloid Interface Sci. 226, 35-43 (2000) 
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jcis.2000.6710 Full Text
    Book chapter: Absorbing microspheres in water: laser radiation pressure and hydrodynamic forces,  R. Dimova, H. Polaert and B. Pouligny, in “Scattering of Shaped Light Beams and Applications”, (Gouesbet and Grehan, Eds.) Research signpost, 45-65 (2000).
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    1999

    4Falling ball viscosimetry of giant vesicle membranes: finite-size effects, R. Dimova, C. Dietrich,  A. Hadjiisky, K. Danov and B. Pouligny, European Physical Journal B, 12, 589-598 (1999) 
    http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs100510051042 Full Text
    Book chapter: Motion of particles attached to giant vesicles: falling ball viscosimetry and elasticity measurements on lipid membranes, R. Dimova, C. Dietrich and B. Pouligny, chapter 15 in “Giant Vesicles” ed. P. Walde and P. Luisi, John Willey & Sons, Ltd., 221 (1999) 
    DOI: 10.1002/9780470511534.ch15 Full Text
    3Shape transformations of giant unilamellar vesicles induced by ethanol and temperature variations, M.I. Angelova, R. Mutafchieva, R. Dimova, and B. Tenchov, Coll. Surf.A 149, 201-205 (1999) 
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0927-7757(98)00397-5 Full Text

    1996

    2Film Trapping Technique: Precise Method for Three-Phase Contact Angle Determination of Solid and Fluid Particles of Micrometer Size, A. Hadjiiski, R. Dimova, N.D. Denkov, I.B. Ivanov, and R. Borwankar, Langmuir, 12, 6665-6675 (1996) 
    DOI: 10.1021/la9605551 Full Text
    1The Hydration Repulsion between Charged Surfaces as an Interplay of Volume Exclusion and Dielectric Saturation Effects, V. N. Paunov, R. Dimova, P. A. Kralchevsky, G. Brose, and A. Mehreteab, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 182, 239-248 (1996) 
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jcis.1996.0456 Full Text