Non-equilibrium nature of two-dimensional isotropic and nematic coexistence in amyloid fibrils at liquid interfaces

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Jordens, Sophia ^a   Isa, Lucio ^a   Usov, Ivan ^a   Mezzenga, Raffaele ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BETA LACTOGLOBULIN;

ADSORPTION; COEXISTENCE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTIONATION; ISOTROPY; PROTEIN; THEORETICAL STUDY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ADSORPTION; AIR; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENTROPY; GAS; LIQUID; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; AIR; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; LACTOGLOBULINS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PHASE TRANSITION; WATER;

EID: 84878709366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2911     Document Type: Article

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