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Tang K, Cui X. A Review on Investigating the Interactions between Nanoparticles and the Pulmonary Surfactant Monolayer with Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Method. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:11829-11842. [PMID: 38809819 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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Pulmonary drug delivery has garnered significant attention due to its targeted local lung action, minimal toxic side effects, and high drug utilization. However, the physicochemical properties of inhaled nanoparticles (NPs) used as drug carriers can influence their interactions with the pulmonary surfactant (PS) monolayer, potentially altering the fate of the NPs and impairing the biophysical function of the PS monolayer. Thus, the objective of this review is to summarize how the physicochemical properties of NPs affect their interactions with the PS monolayer. Initially, the definition and properties of NPs, as well as the composition and characteristics of the PS monolayer, are introduced. Subsequently, the coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CGMD) simulation method for studying the interactions between NPs and the PS monolayer is presented. Finally, the implications of the hydrophobicity, size, shape, surface charge, surface modification, and aggregation of NPs on their interactions with the PS monolayer and on the composition of biomolecular corona are discussed. In conclusion, gaining a deeper understanding of the effects of the physicochemical properties of NPs on their interactions with the PS monolayer will contribute to the development of safer and more effective nanomedicines for pulmonary drug delivery.
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- Kailiang Tang
- School of Aerospace Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Wang W, Luo Z, Liu X, Dai Y, Hu G, Zhao J, Yue T. Heterogeneous aggregation of carbon and silicon nanoparticles with benzo[a]pyrene modulates their impacts on the pulmonary surfactant film. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 459:132340. [PMID: 37597387 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/21/2023]
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Inhaled nanoparticles (NPs) can deposit in alveoli where they interact with the pulmonary surfactant (PS) and potentially induce toxicity. Although nano-bio interactions are influenced by the physicochemical properties of NPs, isolated NPs used in previous studies cannot accurately represent those found in atmosphere. Here we used molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the interplay between two types of NPs associated with benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) at the PS film. Silicon NPs (SiNPs), regardless of aggregation and adsorption, directly penetrated through the PS film with minimal disturbance. Meanwhile, BaPs adsorbed on SiNPs were rapidly solubilized by PS, increasing the BaP's bioaccessibility in alveoli. Carbon NPs (CNPs) showed aggregation and adsorption-dependent effects on the PS film. Compared to isolated CNPs, which extracted PS to form biomolecular coronas, aggregated CNPs caused more pronounced PS disruption, especially around irregularly shaped edges. SiNPs in mixture exacerbated the PS perturbation by piercing PS film around the site of CNP interactions. BaPs adsorbed on CNPs were less solubilized and suppressed PS extraction, but aggravated biophysical inhibition by prompting film collapse under compression. These results suggest that for proper assessment of inhalation toxicity of airborne NPs, it is imperative to consider their heterogeneous aggregation and adsorption of pollutants under atmospheric conditions.
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- Wei Wang
- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, State of Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, State of Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.
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Martins da Silva AY, Arouche TDS, Siqueira MRS, Ramalho TC, de Faria LJG, Gester RDM, Carvalho Junior RND, Santana de Oliveira M, Neto AMDJC. SARS-CoV-2 external structures interacting with nanospheres using docking and molecular dynamics. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023:1-16. [PMID: 37712854 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2252930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Coronavirus is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has shown rapid proliferation and scarcity of treatments with proven effectiveness. In this way, we simulated the hospitalization of carbon nanospheres, with external active sites of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (M-Pro, S-Gly and E-Pro), which can be adsorbed or inactivated when interacting with the nanospheres. The computational procedures performed in this work were developed with the SwissDock server for molecular docking and the GROMACS software for molecular dynamics, making it possible to extract relevant data on affinity energy, distance between molecules, free Gibbs energy and mean square deviation of atomic positions, surface area accessible to solvents. Molecular docking indicates that all ligands have an affinity for the receptor's active sites. The nanospheres interact favorably with all proteins, showing promising results, especially C60, which presented the best affinity energy and RMSD values for all protein macromolecules investigated. The C60 with E-Pro exhibited the highest affinity energy of -9.361 kcal/mol, demonstrating stability in both molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations. Our RMSD calculations indicated that the nanospheres remained predominantly stable, fluctuating within a range of 2 to 3 Å. Additionally, the analysis of other structures yielded promising results that hold potential for application in other proteases.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Anderson Yuri Martins da Silva
- Laboratory for the Preparation and Computation of Nanomaterials (LPCN), Federal University of Pará, Belem, Brazil
- Graduated in Chemical Engineering, ITEC, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Chemical Engineering, ITEC, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Laboratory for the Preparation and Computation of Nanomaterials (LPCN), Federal University of Pará, Belem, Brazil
- Graduated in Chemical Engineering, ITEC, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Engineering of Natural Resources of the Amazon, ITEC, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Institute of Exact Sciences (ICE), Federal University of the South and Southeast of Pará, Maraba, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Chemical Engineering, ITEC, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Engineering of Natural Resources of the Amazon, ITEC, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
- Faculty of Food Engineering ITEC, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
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- Laboratory for the Preparation and Computation of Nanomaterials (LPCN), Federal University of Pará, Belem, Brazil
- Graduated in Chemical Engineering, ITEC, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Chemical Engineering, ITEC, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
- National Professional Master's in Physics Teaching, Federal University of Pará, Belém, Brazil
- Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Diretoria, Coordenação de Botânica, Rua Augusto Corrêa, Belém, Brazil
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Lazaratos M, Karathanou K, Mainas E, Chatzigoulas A, Pippa N, Demetzos C, Cournia Z. Coating of magnetic nanoparticles affects their interactions with model cell membranes. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2020; 1864:129671. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hossain SI, Gandhi NS, Hughes ZE, Saha SC. The role of SP-B1–25 peptides in lung surfactant monolayers exposed to gold nanoparticles. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:15231-15241. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00268b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lung surfactant monolayer’s (acts as the first line barrier for inhaled nanoparticles) components (lipids and peptides) rearrange themselves by the influence of exposed gold nanoparticles at various stages of the breathing cycle.
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- Sheikh I. Hossain
- School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
- University of Technology Sydney
- 81 Broadway
- Ultimo
- Australia
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology
- 2 George Street
- GPO Box 2434
- Brisbane
- Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Biosciences
- The University of Bradford
- Bradford
- UK
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- School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
- University of Technology Sydney
- 81 Broadway
- Ultimo
- Australia
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Hossain SI, Gandhi NS, Hughes ZE, Gu Y, Saha SC. Molecular insights on the interference of simplified lung surfactant models by gold nanoparticle pollutants. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:1458-1467. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Quan X, Zhao D, Li L, Zhou J. Understanding the Cellular Uptake of pH-Responsive Zwitterionic Gold Nanoparticles: A Computer Simulation Study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:14480-14489. [PMID: 29166558 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Surface functionalization of nanoparticles (NPs) with stealth polymers (e.g., hydrophilic and zwitterionic polymers) has become a common strategy to resist nonspecific protein adsorption recently. Understanding the role of surface decoration on NP-biomembrane interactions is of great significance to promote the application of NPs in biomedical fields. Herein, using coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CGMD) simulations, we investigate the interactions between stealth polymer-coated gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and lipid membranes. The results show that AuNPs grafted with zwitterionic polymers can more easily approach the membrane surface than those coated with hydrophilic poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), which can be explained by the weak dipole-dipole interaction between them. For zwitterionic AuNPs which can undergo pH-dependent charge conversion, different interaction modes which depend on the polymer protonation degree are found. When the protonation degree is low, the particles just adsorb on the membrane surface; at moderate protonation degrees, the particles can directly translocate across the lipid membrane through a transient hydrophilic pore formed on the membrane surface; the particles are fully wrapped by the curved lipid membrane at high protonation degrees, which may lead to endocytosis. Finally, the effect of polymer chain length on the cellular uptake of zwitterionic polymer-coated AuNPs is considered. The results demonstrate that longer polymer chain length will block the translocation of AuNPs across the lipid membrane when the protonation degree is not high; however, it can improve the transmembrane efficiency of AuNPs at high protonation degrees. We expect that these findings are of immediate interest to the design and synthesis of pH-responsive nanomaterials based on zwitterionic polymers and can prompt their further applications in the field of biomedicine.
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- Xuebo Quan
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab for Green Chemical Product Technology, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab for Green Chemical Product Technology, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab for Green Chemical Product Technology, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Provincial Key Lab for Green Chemical Product Technology, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, P. R. China
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Xu Y, Luo Z, Li S, Li W, Zhang X, Zuo YY, Huang F, Yue T. Perturbation of the pulmonary surfactant monolayer by single-walled carbon nanotubes: a molecular dynamics study. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:10193-10204. [PMID: 28485435 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr00890b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are at present synthesized on a large scale with a variety of applications. The increasing likelihood of exposure to SWCNTs, however, puts human health at a high risk. As the front line of the innate host defense system, the pulmonary surfactant monolayer (PSM) at the air-water interface of the lungs interacts with the inhaled SWCNTs, which in turn inevitably perturb the ultrastructure of the PSM and affect its biophysical functions. Here, using molecular dynamics simulations, we demonstrate how the diameter and length of SWCNTs critically regulate their interactions with the PSM. Compared to their diameters, the inhalation toxicity of SWCNTs was found to be largely affected by their lengths. Short SWCNTs with lengths comparable to the monolayer thickness are found to vertically insert into the PSM with no indication of translocation, possibly leading to accumulation of SWCNTs in the PSM with prolonged retention and increased inflammation potentials. The perturbation also comes from the forming water pores across the PSM. Longer SWCNTs are found to horizontally insert into the PSM during inspiration, and they can be wrapped by the PSM during deep expiration via a tube diameter-dependent self-rotation. The potential toxicity of longer SWCNTs comes from severe lipid depletion and the PSM-rigidifying effect. Our findings could help reveal the inhalation toxicity of SWCNTs, and pave the way for the safe use of SWCNTs as vehicles for pulmonary drug delivery.
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- Yan Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Monoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, College of Chemical Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
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Yue T, Xu Y, Li S, Luo Z, Zhang X, Huang F. Ultrashort Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Insert into a Pulmonary Surfactant Monolayer via Self-Rotation: Poration and Mechanical Inhibition. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:2797-2807. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b00297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic
Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Xu Y, Deng L, Ren H, Zhang X, Huang F, Yue T. Transport of nanoparticles across pulmonary surfactant monolayer: a molecular dynamics study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02548c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Three types of nanoparticles, including hydrophobic nanoparticles, hydrophilic nanoparticles, and hydrophilic nanoparticles coated with lipids, were found by our molecular dynamics simulations to be transported across the pulmonary surfactant monolayer, but via different pathways, which affect their subsequent interactions with target cell membranes.
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- Yan Xu
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing
- China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Qingdao
- China
- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- College of Chemical Engineering
- China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Qingdao
- China
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- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- College of Chemical Engineering
- China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Qingdao
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing
- China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Qingdao
- China
- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing
- China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Qingdao
- China
- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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Yue T, Xu Y, Li S, Luo Z, Zhang X, Huang F. Surface patterning of single-walled carbon nanotubes enhances their perturbation on a pulmonary surfactant monolayer: frustrated translocation and bilayer vesiculation. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra01392b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In contrast to SWCNTs with unique surface properties, the surface patterning of SWCNTs is found to enhance their perturbation on the pulmonary surfactantsviafrustrated translocation and destructive bilayer vesiculation.
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- Tongtao Yue
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing
- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- College of Chemical Engineering
- China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Qingdao
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing
- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- College of Chemical Engineering
- China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Qingdao
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing
- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- College of Chemical Engineering
- China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Qingdao
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing
- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- College of Chemical Engineering
- China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Qingdao
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic–Inorganic Composites
- College of Chemical Engineering
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology
- Beijing
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing
- Center for Bioengineering and Biotechnology
- College of Chemical Engineering
- China University of Petroleum (East China)
- Qingdao
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