membranes

Translocation of nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes and polymers through bilayers

Cell membranes represent a serious protective barrier for external molecules, proteins, nanoparticles and drugs. This barrier is quite efficient in protecting the interior of the cells. However, large...

phase transitions in membranes

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

[button href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2012.07.010" color="lime_green" target="_blank" id=""]PDF[/button] Thomas Heimburg Biophys. J., 103 (5), 918–929 (2012) Biomembranes are thin capacit...

interaction with cells

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

[button href="http://doi.org/10.1021/bm300248u" color="lime_green" target="_blank" id=""]PDF[/button] Christian Freese, Matthew I. Gibso, Harm-Anton Klok, Ronald E. Unger, C. James Kirkpatrick Biom...

silica nanoparticles

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

[button href="http://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-012-0876-5" color="lime_green" target="_blank" id=""]PDF[/button] Jennifer Kasper, Maria I. Hermanns, Christoph Bantz, Olga Koshkina, Thomas Lang, Michael ...

gold nanoparticles in cells

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

[button href="http://doi.org/10.1186/1743-8977-9-23" color="lime_green" target="_blank" id=""]PDF[/button] Christian Freese, Chiara Uboldi, Matthew I Gibson, Ronald E Unger, Babette B Weksler, Ignaci...

Transition Path from Two Apposed Membranes to a Stalk Obtained by a Combination of Particle Simulations and String Method

[button href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.228103" color="lime_green" target="_blank" id=""]PDF[/button] Marcus Müller, Yuliya G. Smirnova, Giovanni Marelli, Marc Fuhrmans, and An-Chang ...