Emelyanova KA, Victorov AI. Molecular thermodynamic modeling of a bilayer perforation in mixed catanionic surfactant systems.
Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018;
20:27924-27929. [DOI:
10.1039/c8cp04593c]
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Abstract
An interplay between electrostatics and deformation of surfactant tails is responsible for the spontaneous formation of pores in self-assembled bilayers.
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