CRYO-TEM EVIDENCE - SONICATION OF DIHEXADECYL PHOSPHATE DOES NOT PRODUCE CLOSED BILAYERS WITH SMOOTH CURVATURE

被引:30
作者
HAMMARSTROM, L
VELIKIAN, I
KARLSSON, G
EDWARDS, K
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[1] Department of Physical Chemistry, Uppsala University, S-751 21 Uppsala
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10.1021/la00002a007
中图分类号
O6 [化学];
学科分类号
0703 ;
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Dihexadecyl phosphate (DHP) is commonly used for formation of model membranes. In this report cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) pictures are presented. They clearly show that after cooling to room temperature, dispersions of DHP sonicated at 80 degrees C are dominated by open and folded bilayer fragments, rather than by vesicles with smooth curvature. Quantitative results of an earlier kinetic investigation of viologen reduction in DHP were reproduced using these dispersions.
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