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most citedAnionic nanoparticle-lipid membrane interactions: the protonation of anionic ligands at the membrane surface reduces membrane disruption

25 citations · 33 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

q-bio.BM201925 cited

Anionic nanoparticle-lipid membrane interactions: the protonation of anionic ligands at the membrane surface reduces membrane disruption

Sebastian Salassi, Ester Canepa, Riccardo Ferrando +1

Monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) are promising biomedical tools with applications to diagnosis and therapy, thanks to their biocompatibility and versatility. Here we…

physics.comp-ph2017

Local Enhancement of lipid membrane permeability induced by irradiated gold nanoparticles

Andrea Torchi, Federica Simonelli, Riccardo Ferrando +1

Photothermal therapies are based on the optical excitation of plasmonic nanoparticles in the biological environment. The effects of the irradiation on the biological medium depend…

physics.bio-ph2017

Au Nanoparticles in Lipid Bilayers: a Comparison between Atomistic and Coarse Grained Models

Sebastian Salassi, Federica Simonelli, Davide Bochicchio +2

The computational study of the interaction between charged, ligand-protected metal nanoparticles and model lipid membranes has been recently addressed both at atomistic and coarse…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci20151 cited

Interpretation of surface diffusion data with Langevin simulations - a quantitative assessment

Moshe Diamant, Saar Rahav, Riccardo Ferrando +1

Diffusion studies of adsorbates moving on a surface are often analyzed using 2D Langevin simulations. These simulations are computationally cheap and offer valuable insight into th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci20087 cited

Impact-driven effects in thin-film growth: steering and transient mobility at the Ag(110) surface

Michele Ceriotti, Riccardo Ferrando, Francesco Montalenti

Low-energy atomic impacts on the Ag(110) surface are investigated by molecular dynamics simulations based on reliable many-body semiempirical potentials. Trajectory deflections (st…