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Published on: December 1, 2015
Electric field unbinding of solid-supported lipid multilayers
D Constantin1, C Ollinger, M Vogel
1Institut für Röntgenphysik, Geiststrasse 11, 37073, Göttingen, Germany. dcconsta@ens-lyon.fr
Abstract:
We studied by X-ray reflectivity the behaviour of fully hydrated solid-supported lipid multilayers under the influence of a transverse electric field, under conditions routinely used in the electroformation process. The kinetics of sample loss (unbinding) was measured as a function of the amplitude and frequency of the applied field by monitoring the integrated intensity of the Bragg peaks. We also performed a time-resolved analysis of the intensity of the first Bragg peak and characterized the final state of the sample.
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