Preparation of large monodomain phospholipid bilayer smectic liquid crystals.
- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 72 (3), 840-843
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.72.3.840
Abstract
A technique for the preparation of large monodomain phospholipid bilayer arrays is described. Evidence for the monodomain nature of the samples, obtained from optical birefringence, light scattering, and x-ray diffraction experiments, is presented.Keywords
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