Preparation of Large Monodomain Phospholipid Bilayer Smectic Liquid Crystals

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Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 1975 Mar 1

PMID 1055381

Citations 18

Authors

L Powers

N A Clark

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Abstract

A technique for the preparation of large monodomain phospholipid bilayer arrays is described. Evidence for the monodomain nature of the samples, obtained from optical birefringence, light scattering, and x-ray diffraction experiments, is presented.

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