Determination of the size distribution of lecithin liposomes: A comparative study using freeze fracture, cryoelectron microscopy and dynamic light scattering

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 214-228

  Egelhaaf, S U ^a,c   Wehrli, E ^a   Muller M ^a   Adrian, M ^b   Schurtenberger, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

cryotransmission electron microscopy; dynamic light scattering; freeze fracture electron microscopy; liposomes; size distribution; vesicles

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRACTURE; LECITHIN; LIPOSOMES;

COMPARATIVES STUDIES; CRYO-ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYOTRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; DYNAMIC LIGHT-SCATTERING; DYNAMIC-LIGHT SCATTERINGS; FREEZE FRACTURE; FREEZE FRACTURE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE-DISTRIBUTION; THEORETICAL MODELING; VESICLE;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030447406     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.1996.1280687.x     Document Type: Article

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