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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Nature Publishing Group,
2016-06-07T15:20:14Z.
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