Morphogenesis of membrane topologies

• Main Author: Chun, Wang Xuan
• Other Authors: Bo Liedberg
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138848
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Myelins are cylindrical, multilamellar protrusions, which form when a dry mass of surfactants, phospholipids or amphiphilic polymers are subjected to an infusion of water. Structurally, they exhibit alternating layers of bilayers and aqueous channels, stabilized by an equilibrium interlamellar repul...