Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Spontaneous shrinking of soft nanoparticles boosts their diffusion in confined media

  • Pierre-Luc Latreille,
  • Vahid Adibnia,
  • Antone Nour,
  • Jean-Michel Rabanel,
  • Augustine Lalloz,
  • Jochen Arlt,
  • Wilson C. K. Poon,
  • Patrice Hildgen,
  • Vincent A. Martinez,
  • Xavier Banquy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12246-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Understanding the transport of nanomaterials, especially nanoparticles, through a porous medium has major implications in many different fields. Here the authors report the ability of soft nanoparticles to shrink in confined environments, therefore boosting their diffusion compared to hard, non-deformable particles.