Our new study suggests #microplastics can mechanically destabilize membranes of human red #blood #cells and stretch them out such that it may potentially affect their ability to transport #oxygen pnas.org/content/118…
Surface structures of biological systems using surface sensitive methods, particularly neutron and X-ray scattering.
Duncan McGillivray is expert in neutron scattering. The School of Chemical Sciences at the University of Auckland is equipped with X-ray and complementary characterisation methods (including ATR-IR, Electrical impedance spectroscopy, ellipsometry) for model biological membranes, and has routine access to the Australian OPAL reactor neutron source and the Australian Synchrotron, which are world class neutron and X-ray sources.
