Phase transition sequence between fluid liquid-crystalline and interdigitated lamellar gel phases in mixed-chain diacyl phosphatidylcholine

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-124

  Wolf, Claude ^a   Chachaty, Claude ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^b   Hatta, Ichiro ^b   Quinn, Peter J ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric phosphatidylcholine; Electron spin resonance; Metastable non interdigitated gel lamellar phase; Time resolved X ray diffraction and calorimetry

Indexed keywords

DECANOIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GEL; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030756011     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(97)00033-9     Document Type: Article

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