title: Dewetting of solid-supported multilamellar lipid layers.
abstract: Thin multilamellar assemblies of neutral lipid bilayers deposited on silicon substrates are shown to be unstable upon hydration. We analyze the stability of these systems taking into account a reduction of the fluctuation-related components of the bilayer interaction potential. The sizes of the patterns observed are consistent with a spinodal dewetting process.
authors.affiliation: Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perino-Gallice
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fragneto
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mennicke
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Salditt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rieutord