Contribution of the Hydration Force to Vesicle Adhesion on Titanium Oxide

• Main Authors: Jackman, Joshua A., Zan, Goh Haw, Zhao, Zhilei, Cho, Nam-Joon
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Materials Science and Engineering; Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81106; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40637
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Titanium oxide is a biocompatible material that supports vesicle adhesion. Depending on experimental parameters, adsorbed vesicles remain intact or rupture spontaneously. Vesicle rupture has been attributed to electrostatic attraction between vesicles and titanium oxide, although the relative contri...