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Controlling the Nanoscale Rotational Behaviors of Nanoparticles on the Cell Membranes: A Computational Model
Author(s) -
Ji QiuJu,
Yuan Bing,
Lu XueMei,
Yang Kai,
Ma YuQiang
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201501885
Subject(s) - nanoparticle , membrane , nanoscopic scale , materials science , surface (topology) , nanotechnology , orientation (vector space) , spin (aerodynamics) , chemistry , aerospace engineering , geometry , engineering , biochemistry , mathematics
Nanoparticles prefer to bind to a membrane with a surface coated by short or rigid ligands, as shown by computer simulations. To realize such a preferred configuration, the nanoparticle can spontaneously spin itself on the membrane surface, no matter what its initial orientation is.