Florencia San Román Nápoli

Breakdown of classical paradigms in lipid membranes. Part II: The permeability paradox.

Water soluble non electrolytes alter the density and the compressibility of the lipid membrane according to its ability to permeate. Glucose, a non-permeant, accumulates at the interphase binding to the PO2- groups promoting water extrusion and decreasing the specific volume and the compressibility without altering the...