Lipid tail protrusions mediate the insertion of nanoparticles into model cell membranes

Recent work has demonstrated that charged ​gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) protected by an amphiphilic organic monolayer can spontaneously insert into the core of lipid bilayers to minimize the exposure of hydrophobic surface area to water. However, the kinetic pathway to reach the thermodynamically stab...

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Main Authors: Van Lehn, Reid C., Ricci, Maria, Silva, Paulo H.J., Andreozzi, Patrizia, Reguera, Javier, Voïtchovsky, Kislon, Stellacci, Francesco, Alexander-Katz, Alfredo
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103036
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5554-1283