Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2006-06-05
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 048103 (2006)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.048103
We have studied the mesoscopic shape fluctuations in aligned multilamellar stacks of DMPC bilayers using the neutron spin-echo technique. The corresponding in plane dispersion relation $\tau^{-1}$(q$_{||}$) at different temperatures in the gel (ripple, P$_{\beta'}$) and the fluid (L$_{\alpha}$) phase of this model system has been determined. Two relaxation processes, one at about 10ns and a second, slower process at about 100ns can be quantified. The dispersion relation in the fluid phase is fitted to a smectic hydrodynamic theory, with a correction for finite q$_z$ resolution. We extract values for, the bilayer bending rigidity $\kappa$, the compressional modulus of the stacks $B$, and the effective sliding viscosity $\eta_3$. The softening of a mode which can be associated with the formation of the ripple structure is observed close to the main phase transition.
Haussler Wolfgang
Rheinstadter Maikel C.
Salditt Tim
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