Cooperativity and kinetics of phase transitions in nanopore-confined bilayers studied by differential scanning calorimetry

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Alaouie, Ali M ^a   Smirnov, Alex I ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPOSOME; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CURVE FITTING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GEL; KINETICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; EVALUATION; LETTER; LIPID BILAYER; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

TRIXIS;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 21244463058     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.056523     Document Type: Article

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