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), δ (2 nm), and r (10 nm)) (a), and the function of R (at fixed m (4), δ (6 nm), and r (10 nm)) (b), respectively, change with the concentration c of small bioparticles in cellular environment.