Nanoparticle-cell interactions begin with the cellular uptake of the nanoparticles, a process that eventually determines their cellular fate. In the present work, we show that the morphological features of nanodiamonds (NDs) affect both the anchoring and internalization stages of their endocytosis. While a prickly ND (with sharp edges/corners) has no trouble of anchoring onto the plasma membrane, it suffers from difficult internalization afterwards. In comparison, the internalization of a round ND (obtained by selective etching of the prickly ND) is not limited by its lower anchoring amount and presents a much higher endocytosis amount. Molecular dynamics simulation and continuum modelling results suggest that the observed difference in the anchoring of round and prickly NDs likely results from the reduced contact surface area with the cell membrane of the former, while the energy penalty associated with membrane curvature generation, which is lower for a round ND, may explain its higher probability of the subsequent internalization.

Department of Physics The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin New Territory Hong Kong

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR v v i Flemingovo nam 2 166 10 Prague 6 Czech Republic

The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute Shenzhen China

University of Chemistry and Technology Prague Technicka 5 166 28 Prague 6 Czech Republic

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