ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
;
Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A mathematical model to relate order and rotational motion in lipid hydrocarbon chains in biological membranes is proposed. Schrödinger equations with suitable potential functions for C—C rotations in lipid hydrocarbons chains have been solved to obtain wave functions characterizing these motions. For a free chain a threefold potential function has been assumed. The effect of collisions between neighboring chains in a membrane is considered by including another term (δ function) in the potential function.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560170513
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