在脂质膜中包装异型微凝颗粒:颗粒形状和膜刚性的影响

Xiaoyan Liu1,2, Thorsten Auth3, Nabanita Hazra4

  • 1School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an 710062, China.

概括

粒子形状和膜特性控制细胞吸收. 圆形粒子促进了比球形粒子更深的膜包裹,挑战了理论预测,并表明粘附强度随着粒子拉伸而增加.

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