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Thin multilamellar assemblies of neutral lipid bilayers deposited on silicon substrates are shown to be unstable upon hydration. We analyze the stability of these systems taking into account a reduction of the fluctuation-related components of the bilayer interaction potential. The sizes of the patterns observed are consistent with a spinodal dewetting process.
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Received 27 November 2001
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Perino-Gallice, L., Fragneto, G., Mennicke, U. et al. Dewetting of solid-supported multilamellar lipid layers. Eur. Phys. J. E 8, 275–282 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2001-10101-0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2001-10101-0