Phospholipid monolayers between fluid and solid states

Phospholipid Monolayers

Coarsegrained modeling and electrostatics of phospholipid monolayers

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Simulations of zwitterionic and anionic phospholipid monolayers.

Results of atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine and dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol monolayers at the air/water interface are presented. Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine is zwitterionic and dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol is anionic at physiological pH. NaCl and CaCl2 water subphases are simulated. The simulations are carried out at different surface densitie...

Ion-induced interfacial dynamics of phospholipid monolayers.

Ion-induced interfacial dynamics of phospholipid monolayers were studied by various electrochemical techniques. The lipid monolayers were constructed by using the mercapto derivatives of natural lipids that were self-assembled directly onto gold electrode surfaces in a tails-down fashion. The supported lipid assemblies appeared to act as rather effective electron-tunneling barriers with K3Fe(CN...

Compressibility study of quaternary phospholipid blend monolayers.

The mechanical properties of liposome membranes are strongly dependent on type and ratio of lipid compounds, which can have important role in drug targeting and release processes when liposome is used as drug carrier. In this work we have used Brewster's angle microscopy to monitor the lateral compression process of lipid monolayers containing as helper lipids either distearoyl phosphatidyletha...