Chain length dependence of lipid partitioning between the air/water interface and its subphase. Thermodynamic and structural implications

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-45

  Schwarz, Gerhard ^a   Zhang, Jiayun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air water interface; Chain lengths; Equation of state; Lipid aggregation; Saturated phosphatidylcholines; Subphase desorption

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATOM; DESORPTION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID SOLUBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

LINEAR MODELS; MATHEMATICS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PRESSURE; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0035090516     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(00)00226-7     Document Type: Article

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