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Membranes may be envisaged as two-dimensional liquid crystals. The microscopic molecular arrangement of the involved lipid molecules results in complicated structures in the mesoscopic size. X-ray microscopy is a tool for direct imaging of such appearances. Here we report some new results obtained with the Göttingen X-ray microscope for POPC in pure water. Lipid membranes are observed both with amplitude and phase contrast set-up of the microscope. Cryo experiments complete the observations done under normal and humid conditions. The effect of radiation damage is discussed.
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Klösgen, B., Guttmann, P. (1998). X-Ray Microscopy of Fluid Lipid Membranes. In: Thieme, J., Schmahl, G., Rudolph, D., Umbach, E. (eds) X-Ray Microscopy and Spectromicroscopy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72106-9_17
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