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Front Cover: Can Nanoplastics Alter Cell Membranes? (ChemPhysChem 1/2020)

ChemPhysChem 2019 14 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Oldamur Hollóczki, Sascha Gehrke

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This journal cover image illustrates research showing how nanoplastics can insert themselves into lipid bilayer membranes — the basic structural component of all cells — by forming polymer chains that thread through the hydrophobic membrane core. If nanoplastics can penetrate cell membranes, this has significant implications for their ability to disrupt cellular function.

The Front Cover shows how the plastic waste, after fragmentation into nanoplastics, can affect lipid bilayers by forming a network of polymer chains that stretch throughout the hydrophobic core of the membrane. More information can be found in the Communication by O. Hollóczki and S. Gehrke on page 9 in Issue 1, 2020 (DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900481).

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