How Electric Fields Modify Alkane Solubility in Lipid Bilayers
- 7 March 1980
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 207 (4435) , 1075-1077
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.207.4435.1075
Abstract
The planar lipid bilayer membrane is assumed to be in osmotic equilibrium with the surrounding Plateau-Gibbs border (annulus) and entrapped microlenses. An electric field applied across the membrane raises the chemical potential of the alkane in the bilayer, causing it to shift from the bilayer to the annulus and microlenses. This shift results in a decrease in thickness.Keywords
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