20.500.12556/RUL-171386 Dissipative particle dynamics models of encapsulated microbubbles and nanoscale gas vesicles for biomedical ultrasound simulations Ultrasound-guided drug and gene delivery (USDG) enables controlled and spatially precise delivery of drugs and macromolecules, encapsulated in microbubbles (EMBs) and nanoscale gas vesicles (GVs), to target areas such as cancer tumors. It is a noninvasive, high precision, low toxicity process with drastically reduced drug dosage. Rheological and acoustic properties of GVs and EMBs critically affect the outcome of USDG and imaging. Detailed understanding and modeling of their physical properties is thus essential for ultrasound-mediated therapeutic applications. State-of-the-art continuum models of shelled bodies cannot incorporate critical details such as varying thickness of the encapsulating shell or specific interactions between its constituents and interior or exterior solvents. Such modeling approaches also do not allow for detailed modeling of chemical surface functionalizations, which are crucial for tuning the GV−blood interactions. We develop a general particle-based modeling framework for encapsulated bodies that accurately captures elastic and rheological properties of GVs and EMBs at the mesoscopic and nanoscale levels. We use dissipative particle dynamics to model the solvent, the gaseous phase in the capsid, and the triangulated surfaces of immersed objects. Their elastic behavior is studied and validated through stretching and buckling simulations, eigenmode analysis, shear flow simulations, and comparison of predicted GV buckling pressure with published experimental data. The presented modeling approach paves the way for large-scale simulations of nanoscale and microscale encapsulated bodies of different shapes and local anisotropy, capturing their dynamics, interactions, and collective behavior. molecular simulations molecular dynamics liquid crystals electrocaloric effect ultrasound gas vesicles proteinaceous nanostructures microbubbles particle simulations mesoscopic modeling deformation encapsulation energy fluid dynamics membranes molekulske simulacije molekulska dinamika tekoči kristali elektrokalorični pojav true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-08-25 09:17:12 2025-08-25 09:17:13 2025-12-05 04:02:47 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 16053−16070 iss. 32 Vol. 8 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 536.91 2574-0970 10.1021/acsanm.5c02783 246402563 dissipative-particle-dynamics-models-of-encapsulated-microbubbles-and-nanoscale-gas-vesicles-for-biomedical-ultrasound.pdf dissipative-particle-dynamics-models-of-encapsulated-microbubbles-and-nanoscale-gas-vesicles-for-biomedical-ultrasound.pdf 1 C5AC8B0A877764A16BD379D81BA55DA1 8d679b85e938e633c4291af8b13418e760b4f14b5b69a2079758f5d3a128af47 d8a5d316-d118-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=223018 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.5c02783 0 ac9e4840-d118-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=223017 Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko 0 0 0