Observation of liquid-crystal-like ferroelectric behavior in a biological membrane

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 105, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2675-2676

  Ermolina, Irina ^a   Strinkovski, Alina ^a   Lewis, Aaron ^a   Feldman, Yuri ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROTEINS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BACTERIORHODOPSIN; LIQUID CRYSTAL LIKE FERROELECTRIC BEHAVIOR; PURPLE MEMBRANE FILMS; TIME DOMAIN DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES;

EID: 0037066853     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp001054y     Document Type: Article

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