TEMPERATURE AND CHAIN-LENGTH EFFECTS ON BENDING ELASTICITY OF PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE BILAYERS

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作者
FERNANDEZPUENTE, L [1 ]
BIVAS, I [1 ]
MITOV, MD [1 ]
MELEARD, P [1 ]
机构
[1] INST SOLID STATE PHYS, DEPT LIQUID CRYSTALS, BU-1784 SOFIA, BULGARIA
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1994年 / 28卷 / 03期
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10.1209/0295-5075/28/3/005
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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A strong decrease of the bilayer bending elastic modulus, k(c), has been experimentally established for dimyristoyl and dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, when the liquid-crystal-gel phase transition temperature is approached from above. This phenomenon may be due to local-curvature-induced changes in the transition temperature. In the liquid-crystal phase, the bending modulus, k(c), significantly increases as a function of the lipid chain length for dilauryl, dimyristoyl and dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine.
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