Atomic force microscopy: A versatile tool to probe the physical and chemical properties of supported membranes at the nanoscale

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 845-860

  Picas, Laura ^a   Milhiet, Pierre Emmanuel ^b,c   Hernández Borrell, Jordi ^d  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AFM modes; Atomic force microscopy; Force spectroscopy; Supported lipid bilayers

Indexed keywords

DIGALACTOSYLDIGLYCERIDE; DISTEAROYLPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; GALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IONIC STRENGTH; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILM; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUPPORTED LIPID MEMBRANE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

1,2-DIPALMITOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; LIPID BILAYERS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES;

EID: 84871927539     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: 18732941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2012.10.005     Document Type: Review

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