Researchers find a new way to stimulate patchiness in phospholipid membranes

11/12/2008

Steve Granick and colleagues have found that a group of organic compounds called lipids can coexist as liquid and solid in membranes. This patchiness in phospholipid membranes is fundamental to their use as biomolecules and biosensors.

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This story was published November 12, 2008.