This video demonstrates a molecular dynamics simulation of a polystyrene nanoplastic particle penetrating a lipid vesicle. Two different viewpoints are included: Left: PS with both outer and inner leaflets visualized. Right: PS with only the inner leaflet visualized. PS is included in gray, inner leaflet in cyan, and outer leaflet in red.
Key things to note:
– PS penetrates quickly (video timescale is total of 1.2 microseconds)
– Inner leaflet remains relatively intact over the course of the video
This is part of work funded by the National Science Foundation as a part of the Center for Sustainable Nanotechnology. https://susnano.wisc.edu/
This has been added as a virtual component of a poster presentation.