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. 1984 Oct;81(20):6559–6561. doi: 10.1073/pnas.81.20.6559

Theory of the intermediate rippled phase of phospholipid bilayers.

M Marder, H L Frisch, J S Langer, H M McConnell
PMCID: PMC391965  PMID: 6593717

Abstract

A mathematical model of the periodic, rippled P beta' phase of phosphatidylcholine is described. In this model the P beta' phase shows a periodic variation in membrane properties corresponding to a lateral periodic variation between fluid-like and crystal-like states. The model is based on a curvature-dependent Landau-de Gennes free-energy functional. Our proposed form of the curvature-dependent free energy remedies a subtle mathematical flaw in an earlier model having similar physical content [Falkovitz, M. F., Seul, M., Frisch, H. L. & McConnell, H. M. (1982) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 79, 3918-3921].

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