Pickard WF, Sehgal KC, Jackson CM. Measurement of phospholipid monolayer surface potentials at a hydrocarbon-electrolyte interface.
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1979;
552:1-10. [PMID:
435489 DOI:
10.1016/0005-2736(79)90241-4]
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Abstract
The phospholipid monolayer spread at a hydrocarbon-electrolyte interface can be used as a model system for the plasma membrane and its properties and structure probed by measurements of surface pressure and surface potential. To facilitate such studies, (i) the theory of the vibrating plate (Kelvin) method of measuring surface potentials is reëxamined and a new interpretation given for the potentials measured and (ii) a new apparatus for performing these measurements is described. The theory and apparatus are illustrated by measurements on films of distearoyl phosphatidylcholine at the interface between 2,2,4-trimethylpentane (isooctane) and 0.1 M NaCl.
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