Thickness-radius relationship and spring constants of cholesterol helical ribbons

Thickness-radius relationship and spring constants of cholesterol helical ribbons

Using quantitative phase microscopy, we have discovered a quadratic relationship between the radius R and the thickness t of helical ribbons that form spontaneously in multicomponent cholesterol-surfactant mixtures. These helical ribbons may serve as mesoscopic springs to measure or to exert forces...

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Main Authors: Benedek, George B. (Contributor), Feld, Michael S. (Contributor), Dasari, Ramachandra Rao (Contributor), Sung, Yongjin (Contributor), Hossain, Najeeb (Contributor), Lomakin, Aleksey (Contributor), Choi, Wonshik (Contributor), Kozlova, Natalia (Contributor), Khaykovich, Boris (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Materials Science and Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Materials Processing Center (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Spectroscopy Laboratory (Contributor), MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: United States National Academy of Sciences, 2010-05-26T19:56:28Z.
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