Enhanced effect of dimension of receptor-ligand complex and depletion effect on receptor-mediated endocytosis of nanoparticles

Liu Ye¹, Gao Qingqing¹, Liu Yijun², Zhao Chuang¹, Mao Zongliang¹, Hu Lin^{1, ‡}, Liu Yanhui^{1, §}

(color online) The values of diffusion length as the function of aspect ratio m (at fixed R (15 nm), c ( ), and r (10 nm)) (a), and the function of R (at fixed m (4), c ( ), and r (10 nm)) (b), respectively, change with the ligand-receptor complex δ.