Abstract
The authors have studied experimentally the direct passage of the fat-soluble ion tetraphenylboron through artificial phospholipid membranes. As a result this enabled them to determine the diffusion coefficient of tetraphenylboron in the membrane D = 4 × 10-12 cm2/sec, the partition coefficient η = 400, the dielectric constant of the region of the polar groups ε ≈ 13 and the surface capacitance of the membrane C~10 μF/cm2.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 825-831 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biophysics |
Volume | 17 |
Issue number | 5 |
State | Published - Dec 1 1972 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics