Dewetting of solid-supported multilamellar lipid layers.
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.
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Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
Fragneto
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Mennicke
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Salditt
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Rieutord
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