中国物理B ›› 2020, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (4): 48702-048702.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab7d9f

• INTERDISCIPLINARY PHYSICS AND RELATED AREAS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY • 上一篇    下一篇

Effect of C60 nanoparticles on elasticity of small unilamellar vesicles composed of DPPC bilayers

Tanlin Wei(魏坦琳), Lei Zhang(张蕾), Yong Zhang(张勇)   

  1. School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • 收稿日期:2020-01-16 修回日期:2020-02-19 出版日期:2020-04-05 发布日期:2020-04-05
  • 通讯作者: Lei Zhang, Yong Zhang E-mail:zhlei28@mail.sysu.edu.cn;zhyong9@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61475196).

Effect of C60 nanoparticles on elasticity of small unilamellar vesicles composed of DPPC bilayers

Tanlin Wei(魏坦琳), Lei Zhang(张蕾), Yong Zhang(张勇)   

  1. School of Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
  • Received:2020-01-16 Revised:2020-02-19 Online:2020-04-05 Published:2020-04-05
  • Contact: Lei Zhang, Yong Zhang E-mail:zhlei28@mail.sysu.edu.cn;zhyong9@mail.sysu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61475196).

摘要: The interaction between C60 nanoparticles and biomembranes has been of great interest in researches over the past decades due to their novel applications as well as potential cytotoxicity. In this work, we study the deformation of the small unilamellar vesicles composed of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) lipid bilayers infiltrated with C60 nanoparticles of different molecular concentrations through coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. By employing the Helfrich spontaneous curvature model, the bending modulus and the spontaneous curvature of the vesicles with C60 nanoparticles of different concentrations are obtained according to the simulation data. The results show that the bending modulus and the spontaneous curvature of pure DPPC vesicle membranes are approximately 1.6×10-19 J and 1.4 nm-1, respectively. Both of them increase linearly approximately as the C60 concentration increases from 0 to 16.3%. The density profiles of vesicles, the order of lipid packing and the diffusion characteristics of DPPC and C60 are also investigated.

关键词: lipid vesicle, bending modulus, C60 nanoparticles, spontaneous curvature

Abstract: The interaction between C60 nanoparticles and biomembranes has been of great interest in researches over the past decades due to their novel applications as well as potential cytotoxicity. In this work, we study the deformation of the small unilamellar vesicles composed of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) lipid bilayers infiltrated with C60 nanoparticles of different molecular concentrations through coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. By employing the Helfrich spontaneous curvature model, the bending modulus and the spontaneous curvature of the vesicles with C60 nanoparticles of different concentrations are obtained according to the simulation data. The results show that the bending modulus and the spontaneous curvature of pure DPPC vesicle membranes are approximately 1.6×10-19 J and 1.4 nm-1, respectively. Both of them increase linearly approximately as the C60 concentration increases from 0 to 16.3%. The density profiles of vesicles, the order of lipid packing and the diffusion characteristics of DPPC and C60 are also investigated.

Key words: lipid vesicle, bending modulus, C60 nanoparticles, spontaneous curvature

中图分类号:  (Molecular dynamics simulation)

  • 87.15.ap
87.16.D- (Membranes, bilayers, and vesicles) 87.15.La (Mechanical properties) 87.10.Pq (Elasticity theory)