Mechanics of inter-monolayer coupling in fluid surfactant bilayers

Fluid surfactant bilayers are composed of two mono-molecular sheets that are weakly held together by normal stresses. Except for viscous resistance, the monolayers are free to slide relative to one another — giving rise to “hidden” degrees of freedom within the composite structure. This thesis ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yeung, Anthony Kwok-Cheung
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/7190