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Penetration of Amphiphilic Quantum Dots through Model and Cellular Plasma Membranes Aliaksei Dubavik†‡, Erdinc Sezgin§, Vladimir Lesnyak†*, Nikolai Gaponik†, Petra Schwille§, and Alexander Eychmüller† † Physical Chemistry, TU Dresden, Bergstrasse 66b, 01062 Dresden, Germany ‡ Photonics and Optoelectronics Group, Department of Physics and CeNS, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Amalienstrasse 54, 80799 Munich, Germany § Biophysics Group, BIOTEC, TU Dresden, Tatzberg 47-51, 01307 Dresden, Germany Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse 108, 01307 Dresden, Germany