We have shown previously that lateral compression of pulmonary surfactant monolayers
initially induces separation of two phases but that these remix when the films become more …

The studies reported here used fluorescence microscopy and Brewster angle microscopy to
test the classical model of how pulmonary surfactant forms films that are metastable at high …

The phase behavior of monolayers containing the complete set of purified phospholipids
(PPL) obtained from calf surfactant was investigated as a model for understanding the phase …

To determine if lateral phase separation occurs in films of pulmonary surfactant, we used
epifluorescence microscopy and Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) to study spread films of …

We previously established that compression of monolayers containing the lipids in
pulmonary surfactant, with or without the surfactant proteins, initially leads to phase …

Pulmonary surfactant is a lipid–protein complex essential to stabilize alveoli, by forming
surface active films able to reach and sustain very low surface tensions (< 2 mN m− 1) …

Revised Manuscript Received January 11, 1993 abstract: Phospholipid monomolecular
films at the air/water interface were studied using Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) surface chemistry …

Pulmonary surfactant is a complex lipid–protein mixture whose main function is to reduce
the surface tension at the air–liquid interface of alveoli to minimize the work of breathing …

Films of pulmonary surfactant in the lung are metastable at surface pressures well above the
equilibrium spreading pressure of 45 mN/m but commonly collapse at that pressure when …

Monolayers of a functional pulmonary surfactant (PS) can reach very low surface tensions
well below their equilibrium value. The mechanism by which PS monolayers reach such low …