• 文献标题:   Phospholipid Monolayer/Graphene Interfaces: Curvature Effect on Lipid Morphology and Dynamics
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DRONADULA MT, ALURU NR
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
  • ISSN:   1520-6106 EI 1520-5207
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c00896
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Phospholipids are an important class of lipids that are widely used as model platforms for the study of biological processes and interactions. These lipids can form stable interfaces with solid substrates, such as graphene, and these interfaces have potential applications in biosensing and targeted drug delivery. In this paper, we perform molecular dynamics simulations of graphene-supported lipid monolayers to character-ize the lipid properties of such interfaces. We observed substantial differences between the supported monolayer and free-standing bilayer in terms of the lipid properties, such as the tail order parameters, density profiles, diffusion rates, and so on. Furthermore, we studied these interfaces on sinusoidally deformed graphene substrates to understand the effect of curvature on the supported lipids. Here, we observed that the nature of the substrate curvature, that is, concave or convex, can locally affect the lipid/ substrate adhesion strength and induce structural and dynamic changes in the adsorbed lipid monolayer. Together, these results help characterize the properties of lipid/graphene interfaces and provide insights into the substrate curvature effect on these interfaces, which can enable the tuning of lipid properties for various sensor devices and drug delivery applications.