Probing the elastic response of lipid bilayers and nanovesicles to leaflet tensions via volume per lipid
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Biological and biomimetic membranes are based on lipid bilayers, consisting of two monolayers or leaflets. One important but challenging physical parameter these is their tension. For a long...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Soft Matter
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1744-683X', '1744-6848']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d3sm00351e