Publications

2023

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[58] Mechanics of biomimetic free-standing lipid membranes: Insights on lipid chemistry and bilayer elasticity

Alessandra Griffo*, Carola Sparn, Fabio Lolicato, Friederike Nolle, Navid Khangholi, Ralf Seemann, 

Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Martin Brinkmann, Walter Nickel and Hendrik Hähl* Submitted [BioXriv]

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[57] Gold Nanoparticle Translocation Across a Droplet Interface Bilayer via Dark-Field Microscopy

Jean-Baptiste Fleury*, Sean Moro, Virginie Faure and Xavier Le Guével Submitted [ChemXriv]

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[56]​  ​  Hydrophobin Bilayer as Water Impermeable Protein Membrane

Friederike Nolle, Leonhard J. Starke,  Alessandra Griffo, Michael Lienemann,  Karin Jacobs, 

Ralf Seemann,  Jean-Baptiste Fleury,  Jochen S. Hub and Hendrik Hähl* Langmuir  (in press) 

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[55]​ Ageing Affects the Mechanical Interaction between Microplastics and Lipid Bilayers

Jean-Baptiste Fleury* and Vladimir A. Baulin* Submitted [ChemXriv]

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[54]​ Synergistic Effects of Marine Pollutants and Microplastics on the Destabilization of Lipid Bilayers

Jean-Baptiste Fleury* and Vladimir A. Baulin* Submitted [ChemXriv]

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[53]​  Lipid Bilayer Packing Controls the Partition of Hairpin-like Proteins around a Bilayer-Monolayer interface

Sevde Puza, Ralf Seemann and Jean-Baptiste Fleury* Submitted 

[52]​ Microfluidic Platforms to Characterize Biological Processes at the Nanoscale
Jean-Baptiste Fleury* and  Ralf Seemann* Submitted 

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[51]​ Bilayer-Embedded Lipid Droplets Coated with Perilipin-2 Display a Pancake Shape

Sevde Puza, Shima Asfia, Ralf Seemann and Jean-Baptiste Fleury*  Int. J. Mol. Sci

DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032072

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2022

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[50]​ Phospholipids Diffusion on the Surface of Model Lipid Droplets

Shima Asfia, Ralf Seemann and Jean-Baptiste Fleury* BBA- Biomembranes 

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.184074

[BioXriv]

 

[49]​ Protein-Coated Nanoparticles Exhibit Lévy Flights on Model Cell Membranes

Jean-Baptiste Fleury*, Vladimir A. Baulin and Xavier Le Guével Nanoscale  

DOI: 10.1039/D2NR01339H

[48] Cholesterol Promotes Both Head Group Visibility and Clustering of PI(4,5)P Driving Unconventional Secretion of Fibroblast Growth Factor 2
Fabio Lolicato*, Roberto Saleppico, Alessandra Griffo, Bianca pokrandt, Hans-Micheal Müller, Helge Ewers, hendrik Hähl, Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Ralf Seemman, Britta Brügger, Karin Jacobs, Ilpo Vattulainen and Walter Nickel* J. Cell. Biol. 

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202106123

[BioXriv]

​[47] Lipid Droplets Embedded in a Model Cell Membrane Create a Phospholipid Diffusion Barrier
Sevde Puza, Stephanie Caesar, Michael Jung, Chetan Poojari, Ralf Seemann, Jochen S. Hub, Bianca Schrul
and Jean-Baptiste Fleury* Small 

DOI: 10.1002/smll.202106524​

2021

[46] Photoactivation of Cell-Free Expressed Archaerhodopsin-3 in a Model Cell Membrane 
Navid Khangholi, Marc Finkler, Ralf Seemann, Albrecht Ott*, and Jean-Baptiste Fleury* Int. J. Mol. Sci  
DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111981

[45]​ Microplastics Destabilize Lipid Membranes by Mechanical Stretching
Jean-Baptiste Fleury* and Vladimir A. Baulin*Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A 
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2104610118 

[44] Protein Corona Modulates Interaction of Spiky Nanoparticles with Lipid Bilayers
Jean-Baptiste Fleury*, Marco Werner, Xavier Le Guével and Vladimir A. Baulin*Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.06.047 

[43] Insights on the effect of cholesterol and sphingomyelin on tension and elasticity of plasma like free-standing model membranes from natural lipids
Alessandra Griffo, Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Karin Jacobs, Walter Nickel, Ralf Seemann, Friederike Nolle, Carola Sparn, Hendrik Hähl* Eur Biophys J  
Conference paper
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-021-01558-w

[42] Pure protein bilayers made from fungal hydrophobins: characteristics and chances for usage
Friederike Nolle, Alessandra Griffo, Kirstin Kochems, Michael Lienemann, Päivi Laaksonen, Ralf Seemann, Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Karin Jacobs, Hendrik Hähl​* Eur Biophys J  
​Conference paper
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-021-01558-w

[41]​ Active Janus Droplet as a Micro-Reactor for Automatic DNA/RNA Precipitation and Extraction
Menglin Li,  Ralf Seemann and Jean-Baptiste Fleury*  Chemistry Select
DOI: 10.1002/slct.202003940​

[40]​ Nascent Fusion Pore Opening Monitored at Single SNAREpin Resolution 
Paul Heo ,  Jeff Coleman, Jean-Baptiste Fleury,  James E. Rothman* and Frederic Pincet*  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A 
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2024922118

2020

[39]​  Antibacterial Action of Nanoparticles by Lethal Stretching of Bacterial Cell Membranes 
Denver P. Linklater, Vladimir Baulin, Xavier Le Guével, Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Eric Hannsen, The Hong Phong Nguyen, Saulius Juodkazis, Gary Bryant, Russell J. Crawford, Paul Stoodley and Elena P. Ivanova*  Advanced Materials 
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202005679
Inside Front cover: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202070389

​[38]​ Transport Properties of Gramicidin A Ion Channel in a Free-Standing Lipid Bilayer Filled with Oil Inclusions
Harvey Tawfik, Sevde Puza, Ralf Seemann and Jean Baptiste Fleury*  Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.531229  

[37]​ Flowing Droplet Interface Bilayers: A Microfluidic Tool to Control Droplet Trajectories and to Study Mechanical Properties of Unsupported Lipid Bilayers
Cornelia Walter, Ralf Seemann and Jean Baptiste Fleury*  Biomicrofluidics  
DOI: 10.1063/5.0011489

​[36] Kinetics of Active Water/Ethanol Janus Droplets
Menglin Li, Mahmoud Hosseinzadeh, Ignacio Pagonabarraga, Ralf Seemann, Martin Brinkmann, and Jean-Baptiste Fleury*  Soft Matter 
DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00460J

​[35]​ Enhanced water permeability across a physiological droplet interface bilayer doped with fullerenes 
Jean Baptiste Fleury*  RSC Advances 
DOI: 10.1039/D0RA01413C​

[34]​ Simultaneous measurement of surface and bilayer tension in a microfluidic chip
Navid Khangholi, Ralf Seemann and Jean Baptiste Fleury*  Biomicrofluidics 
DOI: 10.1063/1.5137810 

[33] Augmented interaction of multivalent arginine coated gold nanoclusters with lipid membranes and cells
Estelle Porret, Jean Baptiste Fleury, Lucie Sancey, Mylene Pezet, Jean-Luc  Coll* and  Xavier Le Guevel*  RSC Advances 
DOI: 10.1039/C9RA10047D 

[32]​ Unexpected Cholesterol-Induced Destabilization of Lipid Membranes near Transmembrane Carbon Nanotubes
Yachong Guo, Marco Werner,  Jean Baptiste Fleury* and Vladimir A. Baulin*  Phys. Rev. Lett. 
​DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.038001

2019

[31]​ Highly Reproducible Physiological Asymmetric Membrane with Freely-Diffusing Embedded Proteins in a 3D-Printed Microfluidic Setup 
Paul Heo , Sathish Ramakrishnan, Jeff Coleman, James E. Rothman*, Jean-Baptiste Fleury* and Frederic Pincet*  Small 
​DOI: 10.1002/smll.201900725

​​[30]​ High-Throughput 3D Visualization of Nanoparticles attached to the Surface of Red Blood Cells  
Andre Dias, Marco Werner, Kevin R. Ward, Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Vladimir A. Baulin*   Nanoscale 
DOI: 10.1039/C8NR09960J​

2018

[29]​ Tension-Induced Translocation of Ultra-Short Carbon Nanotube through a Phospholipid Bilayer
Yachong Guo, Marco Werner, Ralf Seemann, Vladimir A. Baulin*, and Jean Baptiste Fleury*,  ACS Nano
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b04657​

[28]​ Adhesion Properties of Free-Standing Hydrophobin (HFBI-HFBII) Bilayers
H Hähl*, J N Vargas, M Jung, A Griffo, P Laaksonen, M Lienemann, K Jacobs, R Seemann and J.-B. Fleury*,  Langmuir 
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00575​

[27] Spatiotemporal Control of Cargo Delivery Performed by Programmable Self-Propelled Janus Droplets 
M. Li, M. Brinkmann*, I. Pagonabarraga, R. Seemann* and J.-B. Fleury*     Nature - Communications Physics 
DOI: 10.1038/s42005-018-0025-4

[26] Nanomaterial interactions with biomembranes: Bridging the gap between soft matter models and biological context 
Marco Werner, Paul A. Beales, Frederik Hook, Holger Kress, Reid Van Lehn, Eugene P. Petrov, Lev Sarkisov, Jean Baptiste Fleury , Thorsten Auth, Marcus Müller, Jens-Uwe Sommer, Vladimir A. Baulin* Biointerphases 
​ DOI: 10.1116/1.5022145

2017

​[25] Programmable Active Janus Droplets Driven by Water/Alcohol Phase Separation
Leonard Li, Martin Brinkmann, Ignacio Pagonabarraga, Ralf Seemann and Jean-Baptiste Fleury*  ArXiv:1612.07905v1  

​[24] How Hydrophobicity of Gold Nanoclusters Influences their Interactions with Biological Barriers? 
Estelle Porret, Lucie Sancey, Angela Martin-Serrano, Maria I Montanez, Ralf Seemann, Akram Yahia-Amma, Hanako Okuno, Francisca Gomez, Adriana Ariza, Niko Hildebrandt, Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Jean-Luc Coll and Xavier Le Guével*.   Chem. Mater. 
​DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b02497​

[23] Apatite nanoparticles strongly improve red blood cell cryopreservation by mediating trehalose delivery via enhanced membrane permeation
Martin Stefanic*, Kevin Ward, Harvey Tawfik, Ralf Seemann, Vladimir Baulin*, Jean-Baptiste Fleury* and Christophe Drouet*  Biomaterials 
​DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2017.06.018​

[22] Colloidal Apatite Nanoparticles: Insights on their Interaction with Cells and Artificial Lipid Membranes 
Christophe Drouet,  Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Martin stefanic, Maela Choimet, Ahmed Al-Katten, Hyoung Mi KI, Jae Min Oh, Audrey Tourette, Veronique Santran, Bernard Pipy, Kevin Ward  Key Engineering Materials 
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.720.95

[21] Design of Hydrophobic Nanoparticles for Spontaneous Translocation through Lipid Membranes
Yachong Gao, Emmanuel Terazzi, Ralf Seemann, Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Vladimir Baulin Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on New Technologies 
DOI: 10.11159/icbb17.2 

[20] Translocation of synthetic polymer in lipid membrane
Jürgen Allgaier, Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Gerald Schneider  Patent 
DE102016119102A1
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2016

​[19] Direct proof of spontaneous translocation of lipid-covered hydrophobic nanoparticles through a phospholipid bilayer
Yachong Gao, Emmanuel Terazzi, Ralf Seemann, Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Vladimir Baulin* Science Advances  
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600261 ​

[18] Self-propelled droplets
Ralf Seemann*, Jean-Baptiste Fleury* and Corinna Maass* The European Physical Journal Special Topics 
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2016-60061-7

[17]  Pure Protein Bilayers and Vesicles from Native Fungal Hydrophobins
H. Hähl, J. Nabor Vargas, A. Griffo, P. Laaksonen, G. Szilvay, M. Lienmann, K. Jacobs*, R.Seemann and J-B Fleury
Advanced Materials 
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201602888

2015

[16] Collective waves in dense and confined microfluidic droplet arrays.
Ulf D. Schiller*, Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Ralf Seemann and Gerhard Gompper Soft Matter 
DOI: 10.1039/C5SM01116G

[15] Coexistence of different droplet generating instabilities: new breakup regimes of a liquid filament
Michael Hein, Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Ralf Seemann* Soft Matter 
DOI: 10.1039/C5SM00736D

2014

[14] Fast Membranes Hemifusion via Dewetting between Lipid Bilayers
Jose Nabor Vargas, Ralf Seemann and Jean-Baptiste Fleury* Soft Matter
DOI: 10.1039/C4SM01577K
 
[13] Chapter 8: HYDRODYNAMICS MEDIATED COLLECTIVE MOTIONS IN POPULATIONS OF MICRODROPLETS
Shashi Thutupalli*, Jean-Baptiste Fleury*, Ulf Schiller*, Stephan Herminghaus, Gerhard Gompper and Ralf Seemann;  [Book Chapter] Engineering of Chemical Complexity II 
Edited by Alexander S Mikhailov, Gerhard Ertl,  chapter 8: pages 125-148; World Scientific. ISBN: 978-981-4616-14-0
DOI: 10.1142/9789814616133_0008

[12] Polypyrrole coating films for nanoparticles
Hakam Agha, Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Yves Galerne*; Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2014.09.016

[11] Mode coupling of phonons in a dense one dimensional microfluidic crystal
Jean-Baptiste Fleury*, Ulf D. Schiller*, Shashi Thutupalli, Gerhard Gompper and Ralf Seemann New J. Phys. 
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/16/6/063029

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2013

[10] Why can artificial membranes be fabricated so rapidly in microfluidics?
Shashi Thutupalli, Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Audrey Steinberger, Stephan Herminghaus, and Ralf Seemann* Chem. Commun. 
DOI: 10.1039/C2CC38867G

2012

[9] Micro-wires self-assembled and 3D-connected with the help of a nematic liquid crystal
H. Agha, J. -B. Fleury and Y. Galerne* Eur. Phys. J. E 

DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2012-12082-1

[8] Microfluidic method to specifically excite transversal phonon modes in one dimensional microfluidic crystal
Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Ulf D. Schiller, Shashi Thutupalli, Gerhard Gompper and Ralf Seemann* Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Microfluidics 

[7]  Topological Transition in a Stack of Water Droplets
Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Ohle Claussen, Stephan Herminghaus, Martin Brinkmann, and Ralf Seemann Special Issue IJMNTFTP 

2011

[6] Mechanical stability of ordered droplet packings in microfluidic channels
Jean-Baptiste Fleury, Ohle Claussen, Stephan Herminghaus, Martin Brinkmann, and Ralf Seemann* Appl. Phys. Lett. 

DOI: 10.1063/1.3665185

2010

[5]   Microfluidic Scheme to Study Lipid Bilayer
J.B. Fleury, S. Thutupalli, V. Chokkalingam and R. Seemann; Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Microfluidics 

[4]  Topological Transition in a Stack of Water Droplets
J.B. Fleury, O. Caussen, S. Herminghaus, M. Brinkmann and R. Seemann; Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Microfluidics 

2009

[3] Self-Connected 3D Architecture of Microwires
Jean-Baptiste Fleury, David Pires and Yves Galerne* Phys. Rev. Lett.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.267801

[2] Sticking properties of an in situ prepared polymer film
David Pires, Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Yves Galerne* J. Appl. Phys.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3173284​

2007
[1] Colloid Particles in the Interaction Field of a Disclination Line in a Nematic Phase
David Pires, Jean-Baptiste Fleury and Yves Galerne* Phys. Rev. Lett.

DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.247801