Tear of lipid membranes by nanoparticles

• DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00179a
• Publication Date: 2022-04-14T08:01:06Z
• Authors: Mériem Er-Rafik; Khalid Ferji; Jérôme Combet; Olivier Sandre; Sébastien Lecomma...; Marc Schmutz; Jean-François Le ...; Carlos M. Marques
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 0303 health sciences; silica particles; Lipid Bilayers; Aucun; FOS: Physical sciences; cryo-electron microscopy; Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter; Lacerations; 03 medical and health sciences; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; nano- toxicity; Liposomes; Humans; Nanoparticles; Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft); lipid membranes; nanoparticles; [PHYS.COND.CM-SCM]Physics [physics]/Condensed Matter [cond-mat]/Soft Condensed Matter [cond-mat.soft]

Tear, a direct physical damage of lipid bilayers, can be inflicted by small enough nanoparticles.