Physical principles at bio-nano interfaces with active matter

Active matter is characterized by out-of-equilibrium behaviors, offering an attractive, alternative route for revolutionizing disease diagnostics and therapy. A better understanding of how active matter interacts with cell membranes is critical to elucidating the underlying physical mechanisms and b...

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Main Authors: Jin Xueqing, Wan Haixiao, Jiao Zheng, Li Jiaqi, Yan Li-Tang
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Language:English
Published: Science Press 2024-03-01
Series:National Science Open
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Online Access:https://www.sciengine.com/doi/10.1360/nso/20230079
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author Jin Xueqing
Wan Haixiao
Jiao Zheng
Li Jiaqi
Yan Li-Tang
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description Active matter is characterized by out-of-equilibrium behaviors, offering an attractive, alternative route for revolutionizing disease diagnostics and therapy. A better understanding of how active matter interacts with cell membranes is critical to elucidating the underlying physical mechanisms and broadening the potential biomedical applications. This review provides a conceptual framework on the physiochemical mechanisms underlying active matter-biomembrane interactions. We briefly introduce the physical models of active matter and lipid membranes, and summarize the typical phenomena emerging from various active matter, including artificial active particles, cellular cytoskeletons, bacteria, and membrane proteins. Moreover, the remaining challenges and future perspectives of such non-equilibrium systems in living organisms are discussed. The findings and fundamental principles discussed in this review shed light on the rational design of activity-mediated cellular interaction, and could trigger better strategies to design and develop novel functional systems and materials toward advantageous biomedical applications.
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spelling doaj-art-ed1adf6e7a3544ea9abaf934adcc9b8f2025-08-20T03:15:38ZengScience PressNational Science Open2097-11682024-03-01310.1360/nso/20230079eb33e642Physical principles at bio-nano interfaces with active matterJin Xueqing0Wan Haixiao1Jiao Zheng2Li Jiaqi3Yan Li-Tang4[][][][][]Active matter is characterized by out-of-equilibrium behaviors, offering an attractive, alternative route for revolutionizing disease diagnostics and therapy. A better understanding of how active matter interacts with cell membranes is critical to elucidating the underlying physical mechanisms and broadening the potential biomedical applications. This review provides a conceptual framework on the physiochemical mechanisms underlying active matter-biomembrane interactions. We briefly introduce the physical models of active matter and lipid membranes, and summarize the typical phenomena emerging from various active matter, including artificial active particles, cellular cytoskeletons, bacteria, and membrane proteins. Moreover, the remaining challenges and future perspectives of such non-equilibrium systems in living organisms are discussed. The findings and fundamental principles discussed in this review shed light on the rational design of activity-mediated cellular interaction, and could trigger better strategies to design and develop novel functional systems and materials toward advantageous biomedical applications.https://www.sciengine.com/doi/10.1360/nso/20230079active mattercell membranebio-nano interfacesnonequilibrium physicstransmembrane transport
spellingShingle Jin Xueqing
Wan Haixiao
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Physical principles at bio-nano interfaces with active matter
National Science Open
active matter
cell membrane
bio-nano interfaces
nonequilibrium physics
transmembrane transport
title Physical principles at bio-nano interfaces with active matter
title_full Physical principles at bio-nano interfaces with active matter
title_fullStr Physical principles at bio-nano interfaces with active matter
title_full_unstemmed Physical principles at bio-nano interfaces with active matter
title_short Physical principles at bio-nano interfaces with active matter
title_sort physical principles at bio nano interfaces with active matter
topic active matter
cell membrane
bio-nano interfaces
nonequilibrium physics
transmembrane transport
url https://www.sciengine.com/doi/10.1360/nso/20230079
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