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Tethered Bilayer Lipid Membranes to Monitor Heat Transfer between Gold Nanoparticles and Lipid Membranes

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Shape-dependent gold nanoparticle interactions with a model cell membrane.

Thaddeus W Golbek¹, Bryan J Harper², Stacey L Harper²

¹Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.

|November 8, 2022

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Gold nanostars are more disruptive to model cell membranes than gold nanospheres. This difference in nanoparticle shape highlights the importance of shape in nanomaterial design for drug delivery and biological interactions.

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Area of Science:

Nanotechnology
Biomaterials Science
Drug Delivery Systems

Background:

Customizable gold nanoparticles offer significant therapeutic potential in drug discovery due to their biocompatibility, stability, and imaging properties.
Understanding how nanoparticle characteristics like shape, charge, and surface chemistry influence drug delivery is crucial for further development.
Nanoparticle shape significantly impacts function by altering surface area available for modifications, such as surface ligand density.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the effects of gold nanoparticle shape on model cell membrane structure.
To directly probe nanoparticle-lipid interactions using sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy.

Main Methods:

Utilized sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy, an interface-sensitive technique.
Allowed gold nanostars and gold nanospheres with positively charged ligands to interact with a model cell membrane.
Observed changes in membrane structure via SFG vibrational modes related to lipid molecular bonds.

Main Results:

Gold nanostars significantly penetrated and disrupted the ordering of lipids within the model cell membrane.
Gold nanospheres caused minimal structural changes to the model membrane upon interaction.
SFG results indicate gold nanostars are more disruptive to cell membranes than gold nanospheres.

Conclusions:

Nanoparticle shape plays a critical role in nanomaterial design and influences biological interactions.
The shape of gold nanoparticles dictates their impact on cell membrane structure and integrity.
Findings emphasize the importance of considering nanoparticle geometry for effective and safe drug delivery applications.