Coexisting liquid phases in lipid monolayers and bilayers
Sarah L Keller; Sarah L Keller; Department of Chemistry 351700, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195, USA
Журнал:
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Дата:
2002-05-20
Аннотация:
Several mixtures of phospholipids and cholesterol produce coexisting liquid phases when deposited as a monolayer at an air-water interface. For model mixtures near the miscibility critical point, distinctive `stripe' phases are observed. Stripe phases are also observed in monolayers with lipid compositions approximating the inner or outer leaflets of human red blood cells. For monolayers containing cholesterol and lipids with high melting temperature, the phase diagram can exhibit two upper miscibility critical points rather than only one.
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