Preparation of large monodomain phospholipid bilayer smectic liquid crystals.

• DOI: 10.1073/pnas.72.3.840
• Publication Date: 2006-05-31T07:05:44Z
• Authors: L Powers; N A Clark
• Keywords: Birefringence; X-Ray Diffraction; Phosphatidylcholines; Temperature; Scattering, Radiation; Membranes, Artificial; Palmitic Acids; 01 natural sciences; Phospholipids; 0104 chemical sciences

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.