Figure 5
Analysis of Si/SiO2 QDs – lipid monolayer interactions. Surface pressure-area isotherms of PC were measured in the presence of 100 µg/ml QDs suspended in MEM (a) and MEM supplemented with 10% FBS (b). Elasticity (Cs−1) of PC monolayers in the presence of QDs suspended in MEM (c) and MEM supplemented with 10% FBS (d) were calculated and represented as a function of the surface pressure (π). Representative phase-contrast images showing the morphology of PC monolayer alone (e) or in the presence of 100 µg/ml QDs suspended in MEM (f) and MEM with 10% FBS (g), collected at a surface pressure of 30 mN/m.
