Long-range tilt orientational order in phospholipid monolayers: A comparative study

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2758-2766

  Weidemann, Gerd ^a   Vollhardt, Dieter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0029948722     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79845-4     Document Type: Article

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