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Temperature-Controlled Assembly and Characterization of a Droplet Interface Bilayer
Published on: April 19, 2021
Deuterium order parameters in relation to thermodynamic properties of a phospholiped bilayer. A statistical
Abstract:
The physical properties of bilayers of dipalmitoyl-3-sn-phosphatidylcholine are analyzed in terms of a statistical model proposed by Marcelja (S. Marcelja (1974), Biochim. Biophys. Acta 367, 165). The model is used to calculate the segmental order parameters of the hydrocarbon chains, the transition temperature of the crystalline leads to liquid crystalline phase transition, the entropy change of the transition, the bilayer thickness, and the linear thermal expansion coefficient. The theoretical predictions are in excellent agreement with experimental results obtained by deuterium magnetic resonance, differential scanning calorimetry, and X-ray diffraction. The model yields the probabilities of trans and gauche conformations and also those of more specific conformational defects like kinks or jogs.
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