Direct Observation of a Defect-Mediated Viscoelastic Transition in a Hydrogel of Lipid Membranes and Polymer Lipids

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 25, 1997, Pages 4781-4784

  Keller, S L ^a   Warriner, H E ^b   Safinya, C R ^b   Zasadzinski, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGELS; LIPIDS; MEMBRANES; MOLECULES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; VISCOELASTICITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FREEZE FRACTURE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIPID MEMBRANE; POLYMER HYDROGEL; POLYMER LIPIDS; SMALL ANGLE X RAY SCATTERING;

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS;

EID: 0031165112     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.4781     Document Type: Article

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