Encapsulation of Graphene in Phospholipid Membranes

Hybrid graphene-membrane superstructures

Alexey Titov
Ryan Pearson
Petr Král
Department of Chemistry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

We demonstrate by molecular dynamics simulations that graphene sheets could be hosted inside biological membranes. These hybrid graphene-membrane superstructures may be formed by preparing hydrated phospholipid micelles containing individual graphene flakes, which can be then fused with the membrane.

References

A. Titov, P. Král and R. Pearson, Sandwiched Graphene-Membrane Superstructures, ACS Nano 4, 229 (2010).

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