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The phase behaviour and phase stability of lipids are of importance in an understanding of the biological functions of cell membranes. Among a variety of physical techniques employed to study the phase behaviour and structural properties of polar lipids, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction have proved to be successful and are the most frequently used methods. Applications involving a combination of the two techniques, particularly when synchrotron radiation is used as the light source of X-ray diffraction, are reviewed in this article.
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Yu, ZW., Liu, Y. Combination of DSC and X-ray Diffraction in the Study of the Phase Behaviour of Lipids: Mini-review. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 58, 363–368 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010103205120
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