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The langmuir monolayer: an efficient model for studying interfacial properties of biomembranes

  • 1. Institute of Nuclear and Physical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, 81219 Bratislava (Slovakia)
  • 2. Institute of Electronics and Photonics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, 81219 Bratislava (Slovakia)

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In this communication, we describe aspects of monolayer technology by focusing on effects of calcium ions on physical properties of phospholipid monolayers using results of measurements of surface pressure, x-ray reflectivity and AFM. These experiments are motivated by the search for lipid-DNA complexes with high transfection efficiency but without toxicity which might be a promising tool in gene therapy. In each part methodological importance is stressed and its specificity for studying molecular interactions at a lipid monolayer. (authors)

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Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Applied Physics of Condensed Matter

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Slovak University of Technology
Imprint Place
Bratislava (Slovakia)
ISBN
978-80-227-3720-3
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Applied Physics of Condensed Matter
Imprint Pagination
369 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 157-160
Report number
INIS-SK--2017-027

Conference

Title
18. International Conference on Applied Physics of Condensed Matter
Acronym
APCOM 2012
Dates
20-22 Jun 2012
Place
Strbske Pleso (Slovakia)

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Project IMTS 26240120028; grant VEGA-1/0879/11
Notes
1 tab., 5 fig., 4 refs. Imprint:Published also on CDROM 32 MBytes in PDF format