MOLECULAR CHIRALITY AND THE RIPPLE PHASE OF PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE MULTIBILAYERS

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KATSARAS, J [1 ]
RAGHUNATHAN, VA [1 ]
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[1] ATOM ENERGY CANADA LTD RES,CHALK RIVER LABS,CHALK RIVER,ON K0J 1P0,CANADA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.74.2022
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present small- and wide-angle x-ray diffraction data of chiral and racemic dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers in the ripple P phase. In both cases, this phase is found to be characterized by asymmetric ripples. This result differs from that of Lubensky and MacKintosh [Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 1565 (1993)], whose model predicts symmetric ripples in achiral systems. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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