Figure 3: Multiple traps for in vivo nanotube formation in cell-free blood vessels
From: Optical micromanipulation of nanoparticles and cells inside living zebrafish
(a) In a smaller blood vessel several erythrocytes are cleared (0–36.4 s) and fenced off, after which an adhered particle was moved away from the endothelium, and a tethering nanotube was formed (36.4–42.2 s). Scale bar, 5 μm. (b) Quantification of the adhesion probability of naked and PEG-coated particles, classified as: detachable (white), strongly adhered (solid) and tethered (lines). Experiment was repeated at least 60 times.
