| Literature DB >> 12948586 |
Derek Marsh1, Rosa Bartucci, Luigi Sportelli.
Abstract
Membranes grafted with water-soluble polymers resist protein adsorption and adhesion to cellular surfaces. Liposomes with surface-grafted polymers therefore find applications in drug delivery. The physicochemical properties of polymer-grafted lipid membranes are reviewed with mean-field and scaling theories from polymer physics. Topics covered are: mushroom-brush transitions, membrane expansion and elasticity, bilayer-micelle transitions, membrane-membrane interactions and protein-membrane interactions.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12948586 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(03)00197-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002