Interaction of silver nanoparticles with tethered bilayer lipid membranes

Silver nanoparticles are well-known for their antibacterial properties. However, the detailed mechanism describing the interaction between the nanoparticles and a cell membrane is not fully understood, which can impede the use of the particles in biomedical applications. Here, a tethered bilayer lip...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 31(2015), 21 vom: 02. Juni, Seite 5868-74
Auteur principal: Goreham, Renee V (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Thompson, Vanessa C, Samura, Yuya, Gibson, Christopher T, Shapter, Joseph G, Köper, Ingo
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2015
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Lipid Bilayers Silver 3M4G523W1G
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Résumé:Silver nanoparticles are well-known for their antibacterial properties. However, the detailed mechanism describing the interaction between the nanoparticles and a cell membrane is not fully understood, which can impede the use of the particles in biomedical applications. Here, a tethered bilayer lipid membrane has been used as a model system to mimic a natural membrane and to study the effect of exposure to small silver nanoparticles with diameters of about 2 nm. The solid supported membrane architecture allowed for the application of surface analytical techniques such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. Exposure of the membrane to solutions of the silver nanoparticles led to a small but completely reversible perturbation of the lipid bilayer
Description:Date Completed 03.03.2016
Date Revised 02.06.2015
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00586