Formation of monolayers and bilayer foam films from lamellar, inverted hexagonal and cubic lipid phases

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 626-632

  Jordanova, Albena ^a   Lalchev, Zdravko ^b   Tenchov, Boris ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cubic phase; Foam film; Inverted hexagonal phase; Monolayer; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

2 OLEOYL 1 PALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FILM; FOAM; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARRHENIUS;

EID: 0037294067     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-002-0263-x     Document Type: Article

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