AMPLITUDE, WAVE-FORM, AND TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF BILAYER RIPPLES IN THE P-BETA' PHASE

Authors
WOODWARD JT ZASADZINSKI JA
Citation
Jt. Woodward et Ja. Zasadzinski, AMPLITUDE, WAVE-FORM, AND TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF BILAYER RIPPLES IN THE P-BETA' PHASE, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 53(4), 1996, pp. 3044-3047
Citations number
37
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
Journal title
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics → ACNP
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
53
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Part
A
Pages
3044 - 3047
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1996)53:4<3044:AWATOB>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Scanning tunneling microscopy-freeze-fracture replication has provided a quantitative, high resolution description of the wave form and ampl itude of rippled bilayers in the P-beta' phase of dimyristoylphosphati dylcholine. The ripples are uniaxial and asymmetric, with a temperatur e dependent amplitude of 2.4 nm near the chain melting temperature dec reasing to zero at the chain crystallization temperature. The waveleng th of 11 nm does not change with temperature. The observed ripple shap e and the temperature induced structural changes are not predicted by any current theory.