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. 2022 Oct 20;13(4):196. doi: 10.3390/jfb13040196

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Process of inclusion of nanoparticles with the hydrophobic surface into the membrane. A hydrophobic contact is formed between the hydrophobic layer and the phospholipid layer on the surface of the nanoparticle, which is due to the absorption of the nanoparticle by the cell membrane. This process, in turn, causes the deformation of lipid bilayers and the translocation of the nanoparticle into it.