Nano-sized particles (NSPs) have a diameter of less than 100 nm. When inhaled, they
preferentially deposit in the deeper lung, where pulmonary surfactant covers the thin …

Background Pulmonary surfactant reduces surface tension and is present at the air-liquid
interface in the alveoli where inhaled nanoparticles preferentially deposit. We investigated …

A simple aqueous phase method containing a water-soluble carrier protein, bovine serum
albumin (BSA), has been presented for the synthesis of well-defined morphologies of …

Flower-like crystalline morphologies of palladium (Pd) nanoparticles (NPs) were
synthesized in the aqueous phase at room temperature by using strongly hydrophobic …

BARBARA ROTHEN-RUTISHAUSER, FABIAN BLANK, CHRISTIAN MU¨ HLFELD*, and
PETER GEHR University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandI. IntroductionDuring the past years …

This review focuses on emerging concepts in the fundamental understanding of how particle
surfaces interact with components in biological fluids, with an emphasis on how these …

ABSTRACT A surface active material that lines our lungs is referred to as pulmonary
surfactant (PS) and consists of a self-assembled complex of nanostructures (NSs) rich in …

The extracellular fluid lining the respiratory tract and airspaces exists as a continuum from
larynx to alveolus. It has a complex composition and a structure that varies from site-to-site …

Das pulmonale Surfactant bedeckt die Alveolen der Lunge wo es die Oberflächenspannung
reduziert und so einen Alveolenkollaps verhindert. Des Weiteren sind spezifische Surfactant …

Obiettivo di questa tesi è stato l'applicazione sia di isotopi stabili ad abbondanze naturali sia
di traccianti marcati con isotopi stabili (113C-leucina e D2O) per lo studio di diverse vie …