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Assembly of Cell Mimicking Supported and Suspended Lipid Bilayer Models for the Study of Molecular Interactions
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Dewetting of solid-supported multilamellar lipid layers
L Perino-Gallice1, G Fragneto, U Mennicke
1Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
The European Physical Journal. E, Soft Matter
|March 11, 2004
Abstract:
Thin multilamellar assemblies of neutral lipid bilayers deposited on silicon substrates are shown to be unstable upon hydration. We analyze the stability of these systems taking into account a reduction of the fluctuation-related components of the bilayer interaction potential. The sizes of the patterns observed are consistent with a spinodal dewetting process.

