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Properties of Cholesterol-Fullerene Binary Cluster: MD Simulations

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Nanophysics, Nanomaterials, Interface Studies, and Applications (NANO 2016)

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Abstract

The role cholesterol plays in human body was intensively studied over the years and now is well known. Although the excess of cholesterol in blood vessels may prove unhealthy (atherosclerosis), it is needed in human body, for example, for proper functioning of phospholipid bilayer. In our previous studies, we widely investigated the properties of cholesterol in various systems, but our attention was focused on biological systems. The cholesterol may exhibit interesting properties in other, nonbiological systems.

In this work we investigate three cholesterol–fullerene binary clusters varying in the number of fullerenes (n = 3, 5, 7). Obtained results were compared with pure cholesterol cluster to estimate an impact of fullerenes on cholesterol system. We studied the system at four temperatures (T = 290, 300, 310, and 320 K). By analyzing the dynamical and structural observables (mean square displacement, diffusion coefficient, second rank order parameter, and Lindemann index), we discuss the behavior of cholesterol in such specific environment.

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  1. Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007, Katowice, Poland

    Z. Gburski, Violetta Raczyńska & Przemysław Raczyński

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Gburski, Z., Raczyńska, V., Raczyński, P. (2017). Properties of Cholesterol-Fullerene Binary Cluster: MD Simulations. In: Fesenko, O., Yatsenko, L. (eds) Nanophysics, Nanomaterials, Interface Studies, and Applications . NANO 2016. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 195. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56422-7_4

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