Calculation of the Phase Behavior of Lipids
Statistical Mechanics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
The self-assembly of monoacyl lipids in solution is studied employing a model in which the lipid's hydrocarbon tail is described within the Rotational Isomeric State framework and is attached to a simple hydrophilic head. Mean-field theory is employed, and the necessary partition function of a single lipid is obtained via a partial enumeration over a large sample of molecular conformations. The influence of the lipid architecture on the transition between the lamellar and inverted-hexagonal phases is calculated, and qualitative agreement with experiment is found.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9802257,
title = {Calculation of the Phase Behavior of Lipids},
author = {M. Mueller and M. Schick},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9802257},
year = {2009}
}
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to appear in Phys.Rev. E