Bickel T, Marques C M
CPMOH, UMR 5798 CNRS, Université Bordeaux I, 351 cours de la Libération, 33400 Talence, France.
J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2006 Aug;6(8):2386-95. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2006.523.
We review the forces that rule interactions between phospholipid membranes and other soft nanomaterials such as polymers and colloids. Contrary to traditional nanostructures, soft materials display a high susceptibility to the fluctuations of the thermal environment, leading to new forces of an essentially entropic nature.