Submolecular Structures in Dipalmytoylphosphatidylethanolamine Langmuir–Blodgett Films Observed by Scanning Force Microscopy
✍ Scribed by Stéphane Alexandre; Véronique Dérue; Saı̈da Garah; Chantal Monnier; Vic Norris; Jean-Marc Valleton
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 227
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9797
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✦ Synopsis
Dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (DDPE) Langmuir films at the air/water interface have been studied. These films exhibit high stability. The resulting films transferred on muscovite have been studied by scanning force microscopy with the contact mode. At the microscopic scale, DDPE Langmuir-Blodgett films appear densely packed with few defects. At molecular resolution the films appear well ordered; the double tail of the lipids has been observed.
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