Effects of morphology and size of nanoscale drug carriers on cellular uptake and internalization process: a review

W Zhang, R Taheri-Ledari, F Ganjali… - RSC …, 2023‏ - pubs.rsc.org
In the field of targeted drug delivery, the effects of size and morphology of drug nanocarriers
are of great importance and need to be discussed in depth. To be concise, among all the …

Effect of micro-and nanoparticle shape on biological processes

H Hadji, K Bouchemal - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022‏ - Elsevier
In the drug delivery field, there is beyond doubt that the shape of micro-and nanoparticles
(M&NPs) critically affects their biological fate. Herein, following an introduction describing …

Circular motion of asymmetric self-propelling particles

F Kümmel, B Ten Hagen, R Wittkowski, I Buttinoni… - Physical review …, 2013‏ - APS
Micron-sized self-propelled (active) particles can be considered as model systems for
characterizing more complex biological organisms like swimming bacteria or motile cells …

Controlled propulsion of artificial magnetic nanostructured propellers

A Ghosh, P Fischer - Nano letters, 2009‏ - ACS Publications
For biomedical applications, such as targeted drug delivery and microsurgery, it is essential
to develop a system of swimmers that can be propelled wirelessly in fluidic environments …

Single-nanotube tracking reveals the nanoscale organization of the extracellular space in the live brain

AG Godin, JA Varela, Z Gao, N Danné… - Nature …, 2017‏ - nature.com
The brain is a dynamic structure with the extracellular space (ECS) taking up almost a
quarter of its volume,. Signalling molecules, neurotransmitters and nutrients transit via the …

Subcontinuum mass transport of condensed hydrocarbons in nanoporous media

K Falk, B Coasne, R Pellenq, FJ Ulm… - Nature communications, 2015‏ - nature.com
Although hydrocarbon production from unconventional reservoirs, the so-called shale gas,
has exploded recently, reliable predictions of resource availability and extraction are …

Measurement of the instantaneous velocity of a Brownian particle

T Li, S Kheifets, D Medellin, MG Raizen - Science, 2010‏ - science.org
Brownian motion of particles affects many branches of science. We report on the Brownian
motion of micrometer-sized beads of glass held in air by an optical tweezer, over a wide …

Knots and other new topological effects in liquid crystals and colloids

II Smalyukh - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2020‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Humankind has been obsessed with knots in religion, culture and daily life for millennia,
while physicists like Gauss, Kelvin and Maxwell already involved them in models centuries …

Linking synchronization to self-assembly using magnetic Janus colloids

J Yan, M Bloom, SC Bae, E Luijten, S Granick - Nature, 2012‏ - nature.com
Synchronization occurs widely in the natural and technological worlds, from the rhythm of
applause and neuron firing to the quantum mechanics of coupled Josephson junctions, but …

Rheotaxis facilitates upstream navigation of mammalian sperm cells

V Kantsler, J Dunkel, M Blayney, RE Goldstein - Elife, 2014‏ - elifesciences.org
A major puzzle in biology is how mammalian sperm maintain the correct swimming direction
during various phases of the sexual reproduction process. Whilst chemotaxis may dominate …