期刊
NANOIMPACT
卷 2, 期 -, 页码 38-44出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2016.06.002
关键词
Nanoparticle; Surface energy; Agglomeration; Corona formation; Pulmonary surfactant; Molecular dynamics
资金
- National Institutes of Health [ES-000002, HL094567]
The surface chemistry of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) becomes more important as their size decreases and enters the nanometer-range. This review explains the fundamental properties of the surface chemistry of nanoparticles, and argues that their agglomeration and the formation of corona around them are natural processes that reduce surface energy. ENP agglomeration and corona formation are further discussed in the context of inhaled ENPs, as the lung is a major port of ENP entry to the body. The pulmonary surfactant layer, which the inhaled ENPs first encounter as they land on the lung surface, represents a unique environment with a variety of well-defined biomolecules. Many factors, such as hydrophobicity, surface charge of ENPs, protein/phospholipid concentrations of the alveolar lining fluid, etc. influence the complex processes of ENP agglomeration and corona formation in the alveolar lining fluid. These series of events occur even before the ENPs reach the cells. Furthermore, for systematic and mechanistic understanding of such interactions at atomic scale, we suggest that molecular dynamic (MD) simulations can represent a promising future direction for research of the behavior of inhaled ENPs, complementing the experimental approaches. MD simulationsmay provide important insights into the nature of ENP-biomolecular interactions at the alveoli. In this review, we want to draw attention of biologists working on ENPs to the importance of the relationship between ENP surface energy and particle size. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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