• openAccess   Amphiphilic COSAN and I2-COSAN crossing synthetic lipid membranes: planar bilayers and liposomes 

      Verdiá Báguena, Carmen; Alcaraz, Antonio; Aguilella, Vicente; Cioran, Ana M.; Tachikawa, Shoji; Nakamura, Hiroyuki; Teixidor, Francesc; Viñas, Clara Royal Society of Chemistry (2014-03)
      The boron-rich cobaltabisdicarbollide (COSAN) and its 8,80-I2 derivative (I2-COSAN), both of purely inorganic nature, are shown to cross through synthetic lipid membranes. These results reveal unexpected properties at the ...