Concentration-independent spontaneously forming biomimetric vesicles

M. P. Nieh; T. A. Harroun; V. A. Raghunathan; C. J. Glinka; J. Katsaras

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.158105

Concentration-independent spontaneously forming biomimetric vesicles

M. P. Nieh, T. A. Harroun, V. A. Raghunathan, C. J. Glinka, J. Katsaras

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In this Letter we present small-angle neutron scattering data from a biomimetic system composed of the phospholipids dimyristoyl and dihexanoyl phosphorylcholine (DMPC and DHPC, respectively). Doping DMPC-DHPC multilamellar vesicles with either the negatively charged lipid dimyristoyl phosphorylglycerol (DMPG, net charge [Formula presented]) or the divalent cation, calcium ([Formula presented]), leads to the spontaneous formation of energetically stabilized monodisperse unilamellar vesicles whose radii are concentration independent and in contrast with previous experimental observations.

Original language	English
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	91
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.158105
State	Published - 2003
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