Phase Transitions of Binary Lipid Mixtures: A Combined Study by Adiabatic Scanning Calorimetry and Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring

Figure 12

Phase diagram of (a) DMPC + DPPC mixtures and (b) DMPC + DSPC mixtures. Circles denote the values obtained with QCM-D, squares are pASC data, and triangles are literature values [27]. Reddish colours indicate the upper limit of the phase coexistence, blueish colours the lower limit. Green and brownish symbols denote the low-temperature transitions: the brownish symbols indicate the transition from the ripple phase to a lower-temperature phase and the green symbols the gel to sub-gel transition in the pure lipids.

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