Abstract
Propagating modes of vibration of a bilipid membrane have been detected with light beating spectroscopy. The dependence of omega on q is consistent with a model of a fluid film of surface tension sigma = 2.5 +/- 0.5 dyn cm-1 surrounded by a medium with rho = 1 g cm-3 and eta = 1.01 X 10(-2) P.
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