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From: Interactions of Functionalized Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes with Giant Phospholipid Vesicles as Model Cellular Membrane System

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(a) Schematic representation and representative TEM images of ox-MWCNTs, p-MWCNTs, and alk-MWCNTs. (b) Contact angle (CA) measurements of MWCNTs films produced by vacuum filtration. (c) Optical image and diameter histogram of as produced GUVs. ImageJ was used to binarize the images and measure the diameter of each vesicle, for each sample we counted 700 vesicles from which we obtained the size distribution. (d) Representative image of GUVs deformation under AC electric fields at 0 V and 10 V. (e) Linear fit of the bending regime of GUVs deformation. The slope (green line) of the bending regime domain gives κ = 4.5 ± 1.3 × 10−19 J. (f) Cartoon representing the model system, GUVs, and MWCNTs.

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