Statistical mechanics of a lipid monolayer

A.J. Kox; F.W. Wiegel

doi:10.1016/0378-4371(78)90145-0

Statistical mechanics of a lipid monolayer

A.J. Kox, F.W. Wiegel

University of Twente

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Abstract

We calculate from first principles the equation of state of a simple type of membrane: a monolayer consisting of lipid chain molecules with short-range repulsive and long-range attractive forces. An approximate solution to the packing problem of the hydrocarbon chains is obtained by using a mathematical analogy with the quantum gas of hard disks. The long-range attractive forces are incorporated in a mean-field approximation. The results are in qualitative agreement with experiments.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	466-474
Journal	Physica A
Volume	92
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-4371(78)90145-0
Publication status	Published - 1978

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