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Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 51(50), p. 6700, 2014
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc01283f
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Amphiphilic COSAN and I2-COSAN crossing synthetic lipid membranes: Planar bilayers and liposomes
Journal article published in 2014 by
Carmina Verdiá-Báguena,
Antonio Alcaraz,
Vicente M. Aguilella,
Ana M. Cioran,
Shoji Tachikawa,
Hiroyuki Nakamura 
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Francesc Teixidor ,
Clara Viñas
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Francesc Teixidor ,
Clara Viñas
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Abstract
The boron-rich cobaltabisdicarbollide (COSAN) and its 8,8'-I2 derivative (I2-COSAN), both of purely inorganic nature, are shown to cross through synthetic lipid membranes. These results reveal unexpected properties at the interface of biological and synthetic membranes.