Abstract
Liposomes of hydrogenated soy phosphatidylcholine (PC) lipids spontaneously self-assemble in close-packed layers on solid surfaces to form boundary lubricants that reduce the coefficient μ of sliding friction between them down to μ ≈ 10 -4 - 2 × 10 -5, at pressures up to ca. 12 MPa. This strikingly low value is attributed to hydration-lubrication by the PC headgroups exposed at the surfaces of the gel-phase vesicles.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3517-3521 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 31 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 16 Aug 2011 |
Keywords
- hydration
- lipids
- liposomes
- lubrication
- surface forces
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