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      Vesicle size distributions measured by flow field-flow fractionation coupled with multiangle light scattering.

      Biophysical Journal
      Chemistry, Physical, methods, Indicators and Reagents, Light, Liposomes, chemistry, isolation & purification, Models, Theoretical, Phosphatidylcholines, Scattering, Radiation, Structure-Activity Relationship, Surface-Active Agents

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          The separation method, flow field-flow fractionation (flow FFF), is coupled on-line with multiangle laser light scattering (MALLS) for simultaneous measurement of the size and concentration of vesicles eluting continuously from the fractionator. These size and concentration data, gathered as a function of elution time, may be used to construct both number- and mass-weighted vesicle size distributions. Unlike most competing, noninvasive methods, this flow FFF/MALLS technique enables measurement of vesicle size distributions without a separate refractive index detector, calibration using particle size standards, or prior assumptions about the shape of the size distribution. Experimentally measured size distributions of vesicles formed by extrusion and detergent removal are non-Gaussian and are fit well by the Weibull distribution. Flow FFF/MALLS reveals that both the extrusion and detergent dialysis vesicle formation methods can yield nearly size monodisperse populations with standard deviations of approximately 8% about the mean diameter. In contrast to the rather low resolution of dynamic light scattering in analyzing bimodal systems, flow FFF/MALLS is shown to resolve vesicle subpopulations that differ by much less than a factor of two in mean size.

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