Abstract
To discuss the biomolecular interactions at phospholipid-decorated surfaces of liquid crystals, we propose a Ginzburg–Landau free energy, which is functional of three kinds of order parameters. The mean-field treatment of the Ginzburg–Landau free energy expansion shows the existence of assembly of phospholipid monolayer at planar interfaces between thermotropic liquid crystals and aqueous phases. Several structure functions characterizing the assembly of phospholipid at the interfaces are calculated. The model qualitatively explains some aspect of the experimental observations on the physical behavior of phospholipid monolayer formed at the above described interfaces.
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