title: The influence of the carbon nanotube on the structural and dynamical properties of cholesterol cluster.
abstract: We have performed the molecular dynamics simulations for the free cholesterol cluster and the same cluster located near the carbon nanotube. We have found that the cholesterol molecules quite evenly cover the surface of single walled armchair (10, 10) carbon nanotube, forming the molecular layer. Moreover, the characteristic alignment of cholesterol molecules within the layer (along the nanotube) is observed. The comparison of the structural and dynamical observable characterizing cholesterol molecule is presented and discussed, both for the cluster with and without the presence of the nanotube.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland. praczyns@us.edu.pl
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Raczyński
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dawid
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sokół
authors.forename: Zygmunt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gburski
mesh_terms: D002784:Cholesterol / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008956:Models, Chemical; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D002784:Cholesterol