Tubules, beads, discs and junctions – morphologies and dynamics of dispersed 
multilamellar lipid phases in excess water

Bhatia, Tripta

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.126

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Tubules, beads, discs and junctions – morphologies and dynamics of dispersed multilamellar lipid phases in excess water

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Bhatia, Tripta
Rumiana Dimova, Theorie & Bio-Systeme, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Max Planck Society;

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Bhatia, T. (2020). Tubules, beads, discs and junctions – morphologies and dynamics of dispersed multilamellar lipid phases in excess water. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 584, 706-713. doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2020.08.126.

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In this paper, experimental results on the swelling, dispersion and disintegration of the lipid, 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) in contact with excess water are described. Multilamellar structures nucleate, grow and retract from the defects at the interface between the pure solvent and the dried lipid following a quench from an equilibrium phase. The system evolves slowly via flow and coalescence of the lamellae through a variety of nonequilibrium morphologies demonstrating that the dynamics is complex and non-universal, with no unique kinetic pathway. The tubular structures disintegrate slowly into the bulk water phase in the sealed sample cells.