Figure. 5. The shape effect of nanoparticles: A. Orientation of
anisotropic nanoparticles increases membrane curvature. B. The
particular dynamic process of anisotropic materials:
orientation-wrapping-reorientation, reproduced from
Reference19 with permission from The Royal Society of
Chemistry. C. Comparison of the endocytosis efficiency of isotropic
nanoparticles and that of anisotropic nanoparticles, reproduced from
Reference59 with permission from The Royal Society of
Chemistry. D. The process in which deformable spherical nanoparticles
are wrapped by cell membranes and deform into asymmetrically shape,
reproduced from Reference26 with permission from The
Royal Society of Chemistry.