Calculation of the optimal surface area for amphiphile molecules using the hard core method.
In this work, we have calculated the optimal surface area per amphiphile molecule using a two-dimensional gas of electric dipoles interacting with hard The optimal surface area can be evaluated according to a formula (in the two-body approximation) or as a root of an equation (in the three-body approximation). If the equation has more than one positive root, which is greater than the hard core area, then a polydisperse dimensional distribution of supramolecular aggregates is possible.
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Membrane Biophysics Group, Institute of Biological Sciences, Spl. Independenţei, Nr. 296, Bucharest 77748, Roumania.
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