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Biophysical Journal 42: 137-144 (1983)
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Thermodynamic properties of the lipid bilayer transition. Pseudocritical phenomena.

S Mitaku, T Jippo and R Kataoka

ABSTRACT

Ultrasonic relaxation of multilamellar liposomes formed from dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine was measured near the gel-to-liquid crystal transition by a differential ultrasonic resonator. The relaxation time and strength increased remarkably near the transition temperature, indicating a pseudocritical phenomenon. A quantitative analysis of the relaxation in terms of thermodynamic relationships between specific heat, thermal-expansion coefficient, and compressibility showed that more than 90% of the total endothermic heat of the transition arises from the latent heat. The temperature dependence of the ultrasonic relaxation parameters was also analyzed by the Landau theory; we obtain a small but finite difference, 0.6 degree C, between the pseudocritical temperature and the transition temperature. These results provide a quantitative description of both the first-order and second-order characters of the gel-to-liquid crystal transition.




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