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Foam bilayers from individual and mixed phosphatidylcholines are experimentally studied at different temperatures. Occurrence of a chain-melting phase transition in the foam bilayers is detected by two independent parameters—the critical concentrationC c for formation of foam bilayer and the foam bilayer thickness. The data forC c are discussed on the basis of the hole-nucleation theory, which applies the Ising model to foam bilayers and uses the mean-field approximation for interpretation of their stability. This allows the determination of the binding energy of a phospholipid molecule in gel and liquid-crystalline foam bilayers. New possibilities to relate the microscopic and macroscopic characteristics of foam bilayers are demonstrated.
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Nikolova, A., Exerowa, D. Phase transitions in phosphatidylcholine foam bilayers. J Stat Phys 78, 147–160 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02183343
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