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Complex Formation in Lipoid Films
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Complex Formation in Lipoid Films

  • J. H. SCHULMAN1,
  • E. STENHAGEN1 &
  • E. K. RIDEAL1 

Nature volume 141, page 785 (1938)Cite this article

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IT was shown recently1 that when extremely dilute solutions of certain substances were injected into the substrate under monolayers of various types, the injected substance (for example, cetyl sulphate) penetrated the monolayer (for example, cholesterol), forming a mixed film containing equal numbers of the two molecular species. These experiments were carried out at constant area.

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  1. Proc. Roy. Soc., B., 122, 29 (1937).

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SCHULMAN, J., STENHAGEN, E. & RIDEAL, E. Complex Formation in Lipoid Films. Nature 141, 785 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141785a0

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