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. 1984 May;81(10):3249–3253. doi: 10.1073/pnas.81.10.3249

Periodic structures in lipid monolayer phase transitions

Harden M McConnell 1, Lukas K Tamm 1, Robert M Weis 1
PMCID: PMC345260  PMID: 16593467

Abstract

Periodic patterns are observed when supported lipid monolayers doped with low concentrations of fluorescent lipid probes are observed with epi-fluorescence microscopy. Monolayers of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine were examined on air-water interfaces and also on alkylated glass coverslips. The patterns are formed by periodic arrays of solid-phase lipid domains in equilibrium with fluid-phase lipid under specified conditions of temperature and two-dimensional lipid pressure. Electrostatic forces may stabilize the periodic ordering of the solid domains.

Keywords: two-dimensional systems, lateral diffusion, fluorescence microscopy, membranes

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Selected References

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