title: Determination of pore size of catanionic icosahedral aggregates.
abstract: We show that it is possible to measure the porosity of facetted micron-sized hollow icosahedra of catanionic solutions by performing fluorescence recovery after photobleaching measurements. The size of spontaneous permanent pores in bilayers formed via molecular segregation is compatible with what is observed by freeze-fracture electron microscopy and is discussed versus theoretical expressions of bending energy.
authors.affiliation: Polymères, Biopolymères, Membranes, UMR 6522 CNRS--Université de Rouen, F-76821 Mont Saint Aignan, France. karine.glinel@univ-rouen.fr
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Glinel
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dubois
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Verbavatz
authors.forename: Gleb B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Sukhorukov
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zemb