title: Controlling the Nanoscale Rotational Behaviors of Nanoparticles on the Cell Membranes: A Computational Model.
abstract: Nanoparticles prefer to bind to a membrane with a surface coated by short or rigid ligands, as shown by computer simulations. To realize such a preferred configuration, the nanoparticle can spontaneously spin itself on the membrane surface, no matter what its initial orientation is.
authors.affiliation: Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
authors.forename: Qiu-Ju
authors.initials: QJ
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.affiliation: Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
authors.forename: Xue-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Center for Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Interdisciplinary Research, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215006, China.|Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China.
authors.forename: Yu-Qiang
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008024:Ligands; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D012399:Rotation
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D008051:Lipid Bilayers
keywords: biophysics; cells; interfaces; molecular modeling; nanoparticles, membranes