From owner-biophysics@net.bio.net Mon Feb 02 22:00:00 1998 Path: biosci!agate!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!newsfeed.internetmci.com!199.117.161.1!csn!nntp-xfer-1.csn.net!news.acsu.buffalo.edu!acsu.buffalo.edu!not-for-mail From: Brian M Burkhart Newsgroups: bionet.biophysics Subject: dielectric constant of a membrane bilayer Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1998 14:30:17 -0500 Organization: Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute Lines: 11 Message-ID: <34D77049.794B@hwi.buffalo.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: galen.hwi.buffalo.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04C-SGI (X11; I; IRIX64 6.2 IP28) I would be interested to see some discussion of the dielectric constant properties of the interior of a membrane bilayer. Gradient towards the center? Or is the 80/2 model sufficient? How similar are various organic solvent systems to the membrane bilayer (n-alcohols, glacial acetic acid, alkanes, fatty acids, etc) -- Brian M Burkhart, Ph.D. Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute 73 High Street Buffalo, NY 14203 Phone: (716)856-9600 x313 FAX: (716)852-6086 .