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Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 14:19:57 +0500
From: rnf@sp*.tb*.co*
To: techdiver@terra.net, Christopher_Edge@sa*.pf*.co*
Subject: Re: Rigid RBCs

> 
>      My $0.02 on the subject of high ppN2 and rigid membranes.
>      
>      Nitrogen, existing as a dimeric molecule (N2), is more soluble in the 
>      hydrophobic environment of the membrane bilayer.  One of the reasons 
>      for this is due to the larger induced dipole for nitrogen than exists 
>      for the noble gas helium, which is monomeric (He).... snip
>
>      It should 
>      be possible to look at this using Langmuir-Bloggett films and 
>      polarized light?

Yeah, what he said! :-)

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