Adam Squires1
University of Bath1
We present work on films of lipid cubic phases: 3D periodic nanomaterials that spontaneously self-organise in the presence of water. We form these films at the solid-liquid and solid-vapour interface, and probe their structures using grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering. We present fundamental work understanding the orientation of the films; and show how we use them in different applications, including templates for high area metal nanomaterials, matrices for biosensors, and as a method to probe curvature-driven localisation of membrane-incorporated molecules.