On what time scale does solvent relaxation in phospholipid bilayers happen?

Langmuir

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 571-574

  Sykora J ^a   Kapusta, P ^b   Fidler, V ^b   Hof, M ^a  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL RELAXATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MULTILAYERS; SOLVENTS;

PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYERS;

PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 0037022505     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la011337x     Document Type: Article

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