McConnell

Theoretical models of the film viscosity lead to values about 10 times smaller than those often observed [113, 114]. It may be that the experimental phenomenology is not that supposed in derivations such as those of Eqs. rV-20 and IV-22. Alternatively, it may be that virtually all of the measured surface viscosity is developed in the substrate through its interactions with the film (note Fig. IV-3). Recent hydrodynamic calculations of shape transitions in lipid domains by Stone and McConnell indicate that the transition rate depends only on the subphase viscosity [115]. Brownian motion of lipid monolayer domains also follow a fluid mechanical model wherein the mobility is independent of film viscosity but depends on the viscosity of the subphase [116]. This contrasts with the supposition that there is little coupling between the monolayer and the subphase [117] complete explanation of the film viscosity remains unresolved. 

McConnell et al. [196] and Andelman and co-workers have predicted [197,198] an ordered array of liquid domains in the gas-liquid coexistence regime caused by the dipole moment difference between the phases. These superstructures were observed in monolayers of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine monolayers [170]. 

The free energy of a monolayer domain in the coexistence region of a phase transition can be described as a balance between the dipolar electrostatic energy and the line tension between the two phases. Following the development of McConnell [168], a monolayer having n circular noninteracting domains of radius R has a free energy... 

In principle, compressing a monolayer should produce more domains of radius J eq. however McConnell shows that in practice, domains grow to exceed this radius. Once a domain grows to A = it becomes unstable toward... 

The effects of electric fields on monolayer domains graphically illustrates the repulsion between neighboring domains [236,237]. A model by Stone and McConnell for the hydrodynamic coupling between the monolayer and the subphase produces predictions of the rate of shape transitions [115,238]. 

Fig. XV-8. Fluorescence micrographs of crystalline domains of an S-DPPC monolayer containing 2% cholesterol and compressed to the plateau region. [From H. McConnell, D. Keller, and H. Gaub, J. Phys. Chetn., 40, 1717 (I486) (Ref, 49). Copyright 1986, American Chemical Society.]...

McConnell H M 1958 Reaction rates by nuclear magnetic resonance J. Chem. Phys. 28 430-1... 

The simplest theoretical orbital-based estimate of the coupling interaction, is provided by the McConnell relation ... 

Coupling constants, calculated with the aid of McConnel s formula (286) are given in Table 1-42 together with the experimental values. 

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