Abstract
We report a high-resolution x-ray study of a model multilayer fluid membrane system in the lyotropic phase of a quaternary microemulsion system. The structure factor exhibits power-law behavior characteristic of a Landau-Peierls system. As a function of intermembrane distance , the exponent which describes the algebraic decay of layer correlations is predicted by the model of Helfrich where entropic steric repulsions dominate intermembrane interactions.
- Received 12 August 1986
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.57.2718
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