Table 1 Proportionality factor γ between excess heat capacity Δcp and excess volume expansion coefficient αv. The values for 0 mol%, 13 mol% and 25 mol% cholesterol were determined from the data in Fig. 1.

From: Thermodynamics of lipid multi-lamellar vesicles in presence of sterols at high hydrostatic pressure

DMPC/cholesterol

0 mol %

13 mol %

25 mol %

50 mol %

γ[10−4 ml/J]

7.86 ± 0.24

8.14 ± 0.41

8.31 ± 0.42