Domain Formation in Binary Lipid Vesicles

Condensed Matter lunchtime seminar

Domain Formation in Binary Lipid Vesicles

  • Event time: 1:00pm
  • Event date: 12th July 2004
  • Speaker: Paul Beales (University of Edinburgh)
  • Location: Room 2511,

Event details

Lipids are the main constituent of biological cell membranes. Whetherthere are lateral heterogeneities in lipid composition, called 'rafts', in cell membranes is a matter of great debate and controversy among biologists. I look at a binary lipid system (DPPC & DPPE) where the lipids have different hydrophilic head groups but the same hydrophobic tails. These lipids are used to form giant unilamellar vesicles of similar size to biological cells that can be imaged using optical techniques. I will discuss the domain formation and domain morphology observed for this system on cooling from a fluid state to a gel phase.

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