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Entropic Interactions in Soft Nanomaterials

Bickel, T.; Marques, C.

Thursday 17 July 2008, by mcube members

We review the forces that rule interactions between phospholipid membranes and other soft nanomaterials such as polymers and colloids. Contrary to traditional nanostructures, soft materials display a high susceptibility to the fluctuations of the thermal environment, leading to new forces of an essentially entropic nature.