Language selection

Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada

Search

Concentration-independent spontaneously forming biomimetric vesicles

From National Research Council Canada

DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.158105
AuthorSearch for: 1; Search for: 1; Search for: ; Search for: ; Search for: 1
Affiliation
  1. National Research Council Canada. NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre
FormatText, Article
Abstract
In this Letter we present small-angle neutron scattering data from a biomimetic system composed of the phospholipids dimyristoyl and dihexanoyl phosphorylcholine (DMPC and DHPC, respectively). Doping DMPC-DHPC multilamellar vesicles with either the negatively charged lipid dimyristoyl phosphorylglycerol (DMPG, net charge -1) or the divalent cation, calcium (Ca2+), leads to the spontaneous formation of energetically stabilized monodisperse unilamellar vesicles whose radii are concentration independent and in contrast with previous experimental observations.
Publication date
In
  • Physical Review Letters 91, 158105 (10 October 2003).
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NPARC number12328825
Export citationExport as RIS
Report a correctionReport a correction (opens in a new tab)
Record identifierda7a5c28-6b1e-41dd-8837-b4bde4f97e58
Record created2009-09-10
Record modified2023-05-16
Date modified: