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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1296| Title: | Concentration-independent spontaneously forming biomimetric vesicles |
| Authors: | Nieh, M.P. Harroun, T.A. Raghunathan, V.A. Glinka, C.J. Katsaras, J. |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | The American Physical Society |
| Citation: | Physical Review Letters, 2003, Vol.91, 158105-158108 |
| Abstract: | In this Letter we present small-angle neutron scattering data from a biomimetic system composed of the phospholipids dimyristoyl and dihexanoyl phosphorylcholine (DMPC and DHPC, respectively). Doping DMPC-DHPC multilamellar vesicles with either the negatively charged lipid dimyristoyl phosphorylglycerol (DMPG, net charge –1) or the divalent cation, calcium (Ca2+), leads to the spontaneous formation of energetically stabilized monodisperse unilamellar vesicles whose radii are concentration independent and in contrast with previous experimental observations. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1296 |
| ISSN: | 1079-7114 (Online) 0031-9007 |
| Alternative Location: | http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v91/e158105 |
| Copyright: | (2003) by the American Physical Society |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (SCM) |
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