Measurement of membrane rigidity on trapped unilamellar phospholipid vesicles by using differential confocal microscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3311-3315

  Liu, Tze Hsuan ^a   Xiao, Jian Long ^b,c   Lee, Chau Hwang ^b,c   Lin, Jiunn Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; LIPOSOMES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BENDING MODULI; DIFFERENTIAL CONFOCAL; FLUCTUATION AMPLITUDES; LIPID MEMBRANES; MEAN SQUARE VALUES; MEMBRANE RIGIDITY; PHOSPHOLIPID VESICLES; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

LIPOSOME; SPHINGOMYELIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIPID BILAYER; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS;

LIPID BILAYERS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; SPHINGOMYELINS; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 79959993636     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.003311     Document Type: Article

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