Bioinspired Assembly of Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle Membranes

Nanoparticles with ultrastable and carefully controlled core-shell structures can be used in biomedical applications, e.g., as biomedical imaging contrast agents or in hyperthermia. Exquisite control allows further applications through assembly into biomimetic membrane and vesicular structures for which permeability can externally be controlled by applied magnetic fields. The intrinsic size range of core-shell nanoparticles from that of proteins to viruses makes biomimetic approaches to their assembly into membranes interesting from both an applied and fundamental point of view.