Chelating Lipids as Polymer-Free Electrostatic Stabilizers for Monoolein-Phospholipid Nanoparticles.
Chelator-functionalized lipids can stabilize nonlamellar lipid nanoparticles while introducing metal-binding sites at soft interfaces. Here, we test whether anionic diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid-phospholipids (DTPA-PEs) and their gadolinium (Gd) complexes can act as polymer-free electrostatic stabilizers for monoo...