Induction of Circular Patterns of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate on Mica-Supported Defective Monolayer Films of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
Induction of Circular Patterns of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate on Mica-Supported Defective Monolayer Films of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
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DOI:
10.1021/cg070431u
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发表时间:
2009-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Sui-Ping Deng;J. Ouyang
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作者:
Sui-Ping Deng;J. Ouyang
Fluorescence microscopy and atomic force microscopy were used to observe the microstructures of liquid condensed (LC) domains and liquid expanded (LE) phases in monolayers of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine transferred to a mica surface after treatment by potassium oxalate (K2C2O4). The orderly molecular arrays in the monolayers were destroyed by K2C2O4, especially at the LC/LE boundaries. As a result, circular defective domains were formed. Scanning electron microscopy results showed that the defective domains could induce the formation of circular patterns of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) crystals. As the concentration of K2C2O4 [c(K2C2O4)] increased from 0.3 to 5.0 mmol/L, the effect of K2C2O4 on the monolayers was gradually strengthened. The monolayers treated by 0.3 mmol/L K2C2O4 induced solid circular patterns of COM crystals; that is, the COM crystallites were compactly arrayed in the domains. When c(K2C2O4) was increased to 5.0 mmol/L, the patterns turned to a ring shape; that is, there were cr...