Preparation and characterization of liposomial systems for drug delivery, bioimaging and modified titanium surfaces for prosthetic application

Liposomes are small vesicles that spontaneously form when lipid molecules are dispersed in an aqueous medium. Their appeal derive from composition, which makes them biocompatible and biodegradable. Therefore, they arouse great interest from researchers as ideal carriers for biomedical imaging, drug delivery, targeted therapy, biosensing and more. We used liposome systems for the realization of new hybrid biocompatible materials, such as carriers for drug and bioactive molecule delivery, vesicle-encapsulated nanocrystals (NCs) for bioimaging applications and biomimetic functionalized surface for prosthetic purposes.