Morphological transitions of vesicles induced by alternating electric fields

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Aranda, Said ^a   Riske, Karin A ^a,b   Lipowsky, Reinhard ^a   Dimova, Rumiana ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME;

CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LETTER; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 47749093868     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.132548     Document Type: Article

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