TY - JFULL AU - Ndeye Rokhaya Faye and Ibtissem Gammoudi and Fabien Moroté and Christine Grauby-Heywang and TouriaCohen-Bouhacina PY - 2013/7/ TI - Phase Behavior and Structure Properties of Supported Lipid Monolayers and Bilayers in Interaction with Silica Nanoparticles T2 - International Journal of Biotechnology and Bioengineering SP - 440 EP - 448 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2527 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 78, 2013 N2 - In this study we investigate silica nanoparticle (SiO2- NP) effects on the structure and phase properties of supported lipid monolayers and bilayers, coupling surface pressure measurements, fluorescence microscopy and atomic force microscopy. SiO2-NPs typically in size range of 10nm to 100 nm in diameter are tested. Our results suggest first that lipid molecules organization depends to their nature. Secondly, lipid molecules in the vinicity of big aggregates nanoparticles organize in liquid condensed phase whereas small aggregates are localized in both fluid liquid-expanded (LE) and liquid-condenced (LC). We demonstrated also by atomic force microscopy that by measuring friction forces it is possible to get information as if nanoparticle aggregates are recovered or not by lipid monolayers and bilayers. ER -