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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Calculation of the Phase Behavior of Lipids
Michael SchickMarcus Müllersubject
chemistry.chemical_classificationPartition function (quantum field theory)Quantitative Biology::BiomoleculesStatistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)010304 chemical physicsChemistryFOS: Physical sciencesThermodynamics02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesMolecular conformationLarge sampleQuantitative Biology::Subcellular ProcessesCondensed Matter::Soft Condensed MatterHydrocarbonPhase (matter)0103 physical sciencesLamellar structurelipids (amino acids peptides and proteins)Lipid bilayer phase behavior0210 nano-technologyCondensed Matter - Statistical Mechanicsdescription
The self-assembly of monoacyl lipids in solution is studied employing a model in which the lipid's hydrocarbon tail is described within the Rotational Isomeric State framework and is attached to a simple hydrophilic head. Mean-field theory is employed, and the necessary partition function of a single lipid is obtained via a partial enumeration over a large sample of molecular conformations. The influence of the lipid architecture on the transition between the lamellar and inverted-hexagonal phases is calculated, and qualitative agreement with experiment is found.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-02-24 |