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Synthetic Lipid Nanotubes: Contactless Stimulation and Control of Biomimetic Nanotubes by Calcium Ion Gradients (Small 21/2018)
Author(s) -
Kirejev Vladimir,
Ali Doosti Baharan,
Shaali Mehrnaz,
Jeffries Gavin D. M.,
Lobovkina Tatsiana
Publication year - 2018
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.201870098
Subject(s) - calcium , nanotube , materials science , nanotechnology , ion , membrane , biophysics , chemical engineering , chemistry , carbon nanotube , biochemistry , organic chemistry , biology , engineering , metallurgy
In article number 1703541 , Tatsiana Lobovkina and co‐workers demonstrate that the application of a calcium ion gradient to the surface of a synthetic lipid nanotube induces movement of lipids in the direction of increasing calcium ion concentration, resulting in the formation of a membrane‐filled prolate lipid aggregate. This “bulge” can be translated without direct physical contact, by moving a calcium ion source along the lipid nanotube. Here, an artistic interpretation of the bulge formation is depicted.