Kalvopohjaisia

Kalvopohjaisia is a Finnish term used in natural and life sciences to describe structures, materials, or models that are based on a membrane, typically a lipid bilayer or similar barrier, as their fundamental element.

In practice, the term is used to refer to liposome- or vesicle-based systems, artificial cells, and model membranes in research fields such as cell biology, biophysics, nanotechnology, and pharmaceutical sciences.

Key properties include encapsulation capacity, selective permeability, biocompatibility, and the ability to mimic aspects of biological membranes. Kalvopohjaisia systems are used to study transport, membrane proteins, and drug delivery.

Terminology: The expression kalvopohjaisia is common in Finnish-language texts, but it is not a strictly defined technical category in international literature; it functions as a descriptive label rather than a single standard technology.

Common examples include liposomes, supported lipid bilayers, polymeric vesicles, and cell-membrane models used to investigate permeability, protein reconstitution, and interaction with nanoparticles.