Interfacial tension of bilayer lipid membranes
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Interfacial tension of bilayer lipid membrane formed from phosphatidylethanolamine.
The dependence of the interfacial tension of a lipid membrane on the pH of the aqueous solution has been studied. Interfacial tension measurements of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) were carried out. A theoretical equation is derived to describe this dependence in the whole pH range. A maximum corresponding to the isoelectric point appears both in the theoretical equation and in the experimental ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Chemistry
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2391-5420
DOI: 10.2478/s11532-011-0130-7