title: The molecular packing and stability within highly curved phospholipid bilayers.
abstract: It is shown that the area occupied per phospholipid molecule and the thickness of the bilayer are the same in vesicles as in a planar bilayer. From this it is concluded thtat the lower limit to the size of a vesicle depends on the packing of the head groups of the inner monolayer.
mesh_terms: D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D013499:Surface Properties; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines