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Cover Picture: Controlling Localization and Excretion of Nanoparticles by Click Modification of the Surface Chemical Structures inside Living Cells (ChemPlusChem 5/2015)
Author(s) -
Ito Takeo,
Nakamura Takuma,
Kusaka Eriko,
Kurihara Ryohsuke,
Tanabe Kazuhito
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chempluschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.801
H-Index - 61
ISSN - 2192-6506
DOI - 10.1002/cplu.201500123
Subject(s) - nanoparticle , membrane , surface modification , click chemistry , nanotechnology , biophysics , excretion , cell membrane , cover (algebra) , materials science , chemistry , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , biology , biochemistry , mechanical engineering , engineering
The cover picture shows “click” translocation of silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) possessing a dibenzocyclooctyne structure on the surface of living cells. In their Communication on page 796, Takeo Ito and Kazuhito Tanabe et al. report that conversion of the surface groups induces localization of nanoparticles on the cell membrane and leads to temporal accumulation of SiNPs on the plasma membrane, and enhance excretion of the nanoparticles from the cells.