Effects of Metal Cations on the Dynamic Characteristics of a Phospholipid Thin Film at an Air/Water Interface

Autor: Mamoru Kamiya, Toshio Ishii, Kenichi Yoshikawa, Masakazu Makino
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
ISSN: 1348-0634
0009-2673
DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.69.3429
Popis: We measured the time-dependent surface pressure of a dioleoylphosphatidylcholine film at an air/water interface. Our results indicate that: (i) the surface pressure of the thin film traces a closed hysteresis loop accompanied by repetitive cycles of compression and expansion, and (ii) the area of the hysteresis loop markedly increases in the presence of sodium ions. We propose a kinetic model for this phenomenon which includes cooperative aggregation/dissociation at the air/water interface. The experimental findings have been successfully reproduced with the aid of a computer simulation based on this theoretical model.
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