[Kinetics of lens formation on phospholipid membranes]

Kinetics of lens formation on phospholipid membranes of different thickness (50-5 nM) has been investigated. It has been shown that lenses on the "gray" membranes (approximately 50 nM) are stabilized when alternating voltage (100-500 mV) of high frequency is applied. Semiempiric equation is used for the description of the spreading of lenses. Addition of florizin to the adjacent water solutions leads to an appearance of the slow relaxation component of the lens base radius. The results obtained show that the swimming lens method may be utilized for the investigation of the slow interaction processes between the membrane and their modifiers.