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Translocation of nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes and polymers through bilayers

Cell membranes represent a serious protective barrier for external molecules, proteins, nanoparticle...

Polymer micelles as drug carriers

Block copolymer micelles are composed of polymer chains with sequences of hydrophilic and hydrophobi...

Permeability of lipid bilayers induced by polymers

Lipid bilayers emerge by self-organization of amphiphilic molecules and are the essential component ...

Bacteria on the surface of cicada wing surface

Selective bactericidal activity of nanopatterned superhydrophobic cicada Psaltoda claripennis wing surfaces

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol., 97 (20), 9257-9262 (2013) Jafar Hasan, Hayden K. Webb, Vi Khanh Truong, ...

IPEC Solver: Numerical simulation tool to study inter-polyelectrolyte complexation

Comp. Phys. Comm., 184 (9), 2221–2229 (2013) B. Huang and V.A. Baulin IPEC Solver is a Windows progr...

Bacterial attachment on sub-nanometrically smooth titanium substrata

Biofouling, 29 (2), 163-170 (2013) H.K. Webb, V. Boshkovikj, C.J. Fluke, V.K. Truong, J. Hasan, V.A....

phase transitions in membranes

The Capacitance and Electromechanical Coupling of Lipid Membranes Close to Transitions: The Effect of Electrostriction

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protein

Dual modes of antitumor action of an amphiphilic peptide A9K

Hai Xu, Cui Xia Chen, Jing Hua, Peng Zhou, Ping Zeng, Chang Hai Cao, Jian Ren Lu Biomaterials, 34, 2...

wrapping nanoparticles by membranes

Wrapping of ellipsoidal nano-particles by fluid membranes

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interaction with cells

Size- and coating-dependent uptake of polymer-coated gold nanoparticles in primary human dermal microvascular endothelial cells

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silica nanoparticles

Interactions of silica nanoparticles with lung epithelial cells and the association to flotillins

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gold nanoparticles in cells

Uptake and cytotoxicity of citrate-coated gold nanospheres: Comparative studies on human endothelial and epithelial cells

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