Phase evolution in cholesterol/DPPC monolayers: Atomic force microscopy and near field scanning optical microscopy studies

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 136-146

  Yuan, C ^a   Johnston, Linda ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFM; Cholesterol; Fluorescence; Langmuir Blodgett

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MONOLAYERS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL DATA STORAGE;

ATOMIC-FORCE-MICROSCOPY; CONDENSED PHASE; DIPALMITOYL PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE MONOLAYERS; DOMAIN FORMATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; LANGMUIR-BLODGETT; NEARFIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHASE EVOLUTIONS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

CHOLESTEROL; DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING NEAR FIELD OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036122897     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-2720.2001.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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