| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.70.062902 |
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| Author | Search for: Harroun, T. A.1; Search for: Raghunathan, V. A.1; Search for: Pencer, J.1; Search for: Nieh, M.-P.1; Search for: Katsaras, J.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council Canada. NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Subject | biomimetic Materials; computer Simulation; dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine; lipid bilayers; macromolecular substances; membrane fluidity; membranes, artificial; models, chemical; molecular conformation; neutron diffraction; phase transition; surface properties; temperature |
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| Abstract | Thin stacks of lipid multibilayers supported on rigid silicon and mica substrates are found to exhibit finite-size effects. Using neutron diffraction we find that the repeat spacing (d) of stacks containing up to a few tens of bilayers depends on their thickness (D), with d increasing with decreasing D. Differences in d are larger in the low-temperature Lbeta' phase consisting of rigid bilayers than in the high-temperature Lalpha phase where the bilayers are more flexible. Various scenarios that may be responsible for this counterintuitive observation are discussed. |
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| Publication date | 2004-12-20 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 12337915 |
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| Record identifier | c9677f9d-8ebf-4cfa-a524-335b40d43ad6 |
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| Record created | 2009-09-10 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-17 |
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