Molecular crystallization controlled by pH regulates mesoscopic membrane morphology

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 10901-10909

  Leung, Cheuk Yui ^a   Palmer, Liam C ^a   Qiao, Bao Fu ^b   Kewalramani, Sumit ^b   Sknepnek, Rastko ^b   Newcomb, Christina J ^b   Greenfield, Megan A ^b   Vernizzi, Graziano ^b,c   Stupp, Samuel I ^a,b,d   Bedzyk, Michael J ^a,b   Olvera De La Cruz, Monica ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

atomistic simulations; electrostatics; membrane morphology; pH; self assembly; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; ATOMISTIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BI-LAYER; BILAYER THICKNESS; COARSE-GRAINED; CRYSTALLINE DOMAINS; CRYSTALLINE ORDER; DEGREE OF IONIZATION; GRAND CHALLENGE; HEAD GROUPS; HIGH PH VALUE; INTERDIGITATIONS; INTERMOLECULAR ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTION; MEMBRANE MORPHOLOGY; MESOSCALE; MESOSCOPICS; MOLECULAR ARRANGEMENTS; MOLECULAR CRYSTALLIZATION; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; NANO-METER SCALE; PH-DEPENDENT; SHAPE TRANSITIONS; TAIL DENSITY;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROSTATICS; GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PH; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

AMPHIPHILES;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; LIPID BILAYER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PH; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

CELL MEMBRANE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID BILAYERS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84871551518     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn304321w     Document Type: Article

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