ArticleBiophysical journal2017
Microparticle Assembly Pathways on Lipid Membranes.
Article in Biophysical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- A colloidal viewpoint on the sausage catastrophe and the finite sphere packing problem.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Wrapping anisotropic microgel particles in lipid membranes: Effects of particle shape and membrane rigidity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Wrapping Pathways of Anisotropic Dumbbell Particles by Giant Unilamellar Vesicles.Nano letters · 2023Article
- Surface-Functionalized Polystyrene Nanoparticles Alter the Transmembrane Potential via Ion-Selective Pores Maintaining Global Bilayer Integrity.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2022Article
- Understanding the interactions of poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(vinyl chloride) nanoparticles with BHK-21 cell line.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Interactions of particulate matter and pulmonary surfactant: Implications for human health.Advances in colloid and interface science · 2020Review
- Poly(Ionic Liquid) Nanoparticles Selectively Disrupt Biomembranes.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2019Article
- Surfactant-free Colloidal Particles with Specific Binding Affinity.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2017Article
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Abstract
Understanding interactions between microparticles and lipid membranes is of increasing importance, especially for unraveling the influence of microplastics on our health and environment. Here, we study how a short-ranged adhesive force between microparticles and model lipid membranes causes membrane-mediated particle assembly. Using confocal microscopy, we observe the initial particle attachment to the membrane, then particle wrapping, and in rare cases spontaneous membrane tubulation. In the attached state, we measure that the particle mobility decreases by 26%. If multiple particles adhere to the same vesicle, their initial single-particle state determines their interactions and subsequent assembly pathways: 1) attached particles only aggregate when small adhesive vesicles are present in solution, 2) wrapped particles reversibly attract one another by membrane deformation, and 3) a combination of wrapped and attached particles form membrane-mediated dimers, which further assemble into a variety of complex structures. The experimental observation of distinct assembly pathways, induced only by a short-ranged membrane-particle adhesion, shows that a cytoskeleton or other active components are not required for microparticle aggregation. We suggest that this membrane-mediated microparticle aggregation is a reason behind reported long retention times of polymer microparticles in organisms.
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