The molecular packing and stability within highly curved phospholipid bilayers.
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.
D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D013499:Surface Properties; D013816:Thermodynamics
D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines