Osmotic stress and pore nucleation in charged biological nanoshells and capsids

Abstract

A model system is proposed to investigate the osmotic equilibrium and mechanical stability of biological spherical-like nanoshells in contact with an aqueous solution with added dissociated electrolyte of a given concentration.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2020
Source ID
10.1039/c9sm02532d

Entities

People

  • Amin Bakhshandeh
  • Thiago Colla
  • Yan Levin

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Federal University of Pelotas
  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
  • National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
  • Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology