Shape and orientation matter for cellular uptake of non-spherical nanoparticles

Nano Lett., 2014, 14 (2), pp 687–693 DOI: 10.1021/nl403949h
Sabyasachi Dasgupta , Thorsten Auth , and Gerhard Gompper
Recent advances in nano-technology have made a whole zoo of particles of different shapes available for applications, but their interaction with biological cells and their toxicity is often not well understood. Experiments have shown that particle uptake by cells […]