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Osmotic-pressure-induced phase transition of a surfactant-DNAcomplex

dc.contributor.authorMadhukar, S
dc.contributor.authorRadhakrishnan, A.V.
dc.contributor.authorRaghunathan, V.A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-18T09:16:58Z
dc.date.available2021-03-18T09:16:58Z
dc.date.issued2021-02
dc.descriptionOpen Accessen_US
dc.description.abstractWe have studied the effect of osmotic pressure on complexes formed by DNA with the cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium tosylate using small-angle x-ray scattering. Earlier studies have shown that these complexes exhibit three different phases depending on the DNA and surfactant concentrations in the solution. The hexagonal superlattice phase (HcI,s) is found to be corralled into the hexagonal phase (HcI) above a threshold osmotic pressure. We have also estimated the DNA to surfactant micelle stoichiometry of the complexes in the three phases using elemental analysis. Our results provide further support for the structures of these complexes proposed earlier based on small-angle x-ray scattering dataen_US
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review E, 2021, Vol.103, Article No.022705en_US
dc.identifier.issn1539-3755 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1550-2376 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2289/7744
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.022705en_US
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.022705en_US
dc.rights2021 American Physical Societyen_US
dc.titleOsmotic-pressure-induced phase transition of a surfactant-DNAcomplexen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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