Figure 3

The binding of blood plasma proteins to MWCNTs under different conditions. A) Blood plasma protein coating on P-MWCNT. B) The protein pattern is altered when MWCNTs are functionalized. C) A further alteration effect is observed when lipids from surfactant are bound to the MWCNTs. A selection of detected proteins are shown (models adapted from SWISS-MODEL [64–66] and proteinmodelportal.org).