title: Wetting fibers with liposomes.
abstract: Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are deposited on glass microfibers. The vesicles adopt the classical "onduloidal" shape of liquid droplets on fibers. They spread by two simultaneous mechanisms: envelopment and emission of a precursor film. This film spreads faster than on a uniform plane surface and eventually stops, signaling the presence of defects on the rod. This fast spreading tenses the vesicles; transient pores open on the GUVs and the internal liquid leaks out. This process leads to a new technique for fiber coating.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire PCC Institut Curie/CNRS UMR 168, 11, rue P. & M. Curie, 75005 Paris, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Borghi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alias
authors.forename: P-G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: de Gennes
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Brochard-Wyart
mesh_terms: D008081:Liposomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D018715:Microscopy, Video; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D008081:Liposomes; D014867:Water