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Temporary Membrane Permeabilization via the Pore-Forming Toxin Lysenin
Toxins, 2020 Pore-forming toxins are alluring tools for delivering biologically-active, impermeable cargoes to intracellular environments by introducing large conductance pathways into cell membranes.
Nisha Shrestha +8 more
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An organic artificial spiking neuron for in situ neuromorphic sensing and biointerfacing
Nature Electronics, 2022 An organic artificial neuron that is based on a compact nonlinear electrochemical element can operate in a liquid and responds to the concentration of biological species in its surroundings, allowing its behaviour to be modulated, for example, by ...
Tanmoy Sarkar +8 more
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Nature Communications, 2023 Artificial ion channels are in demand for ionotronic devices. Here, the authors use layered MXene membranes modified with plasmonic gold nanostars and cellulose nanofibers to convert a thermal gradient into an ion current for photosensitive ion ...
Jeonghee Yeom +12 more
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Membranes, 2023 Giant vesicles (GVs), which are closed lipid bilayer membranes with a diameter of more than 1 μm, have attracted attention not only as model cell membranes but also for the construction of artificial cells.
Yiting Zhang, Haruto Obuchi, Taro Toyota
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Fluctuations of a driven membrane in an electrolyte [PDF]
Europhys. Lett. , 77, 18006 (2007), 2006 We develop a model for a driven cell- or artificial membrane in an electrolyte. The system is kept far from equilibrium by the application of a DC electric field or by concentration gradients, which causes ions to flow through specific ion-conducting units (representing pumps, channels or natural pores).
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Artificial Signal Transduction across Membranes [PDF]
ChemBioChem, 2019 AbstractA key conundrum in the construction of an artificial cell is to simultaneously maintain a robust physical barrier to the external environment, while also providing efficient exchange of information across this barrier. Biomimicry provides a number of avenues by which such requirements might be met. Herein, we provide a brief introduction to the
Steven Vanuytsel +5 more
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Journal of Advanced Research, 2017 This review presents the past and current efforts with a brief description on the featured properties of hydrogel membranes fabricated from biopolymers and synthetic ones for wound dressing applications.
Elbadawy A. Kamoun +2 more
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Theory of active particle penetration through a planar elastic membrane [PDF]
, 2019 With the rapid advent of biomedical and biotechnological innovations, a deep understanding of the nature of interaction between nanomaterials and cell membranes, tissues, and organs, has become increasingly important. Active penetration of nanoparticles through cell membranes is a fascinating phenomenon that may have important implications in various ...
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Electrically controlled water permeation through graphene oxide membranes [PDF]
Nature 559, 236-240, 2018, 2018 Developing 'smart' membranes that allow precise and reversible control of molecular permeation using external stimuli would be of intense interest for many areas of science: from physics and chemistry to life-sciences. In particular, electrical control of water permeation through membranes is a long-sought objective and is of crucial importance for ...
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The effects of molecular and nanoscopic additives on phospholipid membranes
Frontiers in Physics, 2023 Lipid bilayers—the main matrix of cell membranes—are a paradigm of soft molecular assemblies whose properties have been evolutionarily optimized to satisfy the functional requirements of cells.
Teshani Kumarage +5 more
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