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Glass Bead Probes of Local Structural and Mechanical Properties of Fluid, Supported Membranes

  1. Sanhita S. Dixit Dr.,
  2. Alan Szmodis,
  3. Atul N. Parikh Prof.

Article first published online: 17 JUL 2006

DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200600222

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ChemPhysChem

ChemPhysChem

Volume 7, Issue 8, pages 1678–1681, August 11, 2006

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Dixit, S. S., Szmodis, A. and Parikh, A. N. (2006), Glass Bead Probes of Local Structural and Mechanical Properties of Fluid, Supported Membranes. ChemPhysChem, 7: 1678–1681. doi: 10.1002/cphc.200600222

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  1. Department of Applied Science and Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA, Fax: (+1) 530-752-2444

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 AUG 2006
  2. Article first published online: 17 JUL 2006
  3. Manuscript Received: 9 APR 2006

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Keywords:

  • fluorescence;
  • interfaces;
  • membranes;
  • monolayers;
  • phospholipids
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Probing membranes: Nonspecific interactions between glass beads and supported lipid membranes act as a simple tool to characterize their local structure and mechanical properties. The beads differentiate monolayers (see figure B) from fluid bilayers (A) by inducing a qualitatively different elastic response, characterized by undeformed binding for monolayers and membrane wrapping for bilayers.

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