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# The `SANSLiposomes` Component

A sample of polydisperse liposomes in solution (water).

## Identification

- Site:
- Author: Martin Cramer Pedersen (mcpe@nbi.dk)
- Origin: KU-Science
- Date: October 17, 2012

## Description

    A component simulating the scattering from a box-shaped, thin solution (water)
    of liposomes described by a pentuple-shell model.

## Input parameters

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.

Name | Unit | Description | Default |
Radius | AA | Average thickness of the liposomes. | 800.0 |
Thickness | AA | Thickness of the bilayer. | 38.89 |
SigmaRadius |  | Relative Gaussian deviation of the radius in the distribution of liposomes. | 0.20 |
VolumeOfHeadgroup | AA^3 | Volume of one lipid headgroup - default is POPC. | 319.0 |
VolumeOfCH2Tail | AA^3 | Volume of the CH2-chains of one lipid - default is POPC. | 818.8 |
VolumeOfCH3Tail | AA^3 | Volume of the CH3-tails of one lipid - default is POPC. | 108.6 |
ScatteringLengthOfHeadgroup | cm | Scattering length of one lipid headgroup - default is POPC in D2O. | 7.05E-12 |
ScatteringLengthOfCH2Tail | cm | Scattering length of the CH2-chains of one lipid - default is POPC in D2O. | -1.76E-12 |
ScatteringLengthOfCH3Tail | cm | Scattering length of the CH3-tails of one lipid - default is POPC in D2O. | -9.15E-13 |
Concentration | mM | Concentration of sample. | 0.01 |
RhoSolvent | cm/AA^3 | Scattering length density of solvent - default is D2O. | 6.4e-14 |
AbsorptionCrosssection | 1/m | Absorption cross section of the sample. | 0.0 |
xwidth | m | Dimension of component in the x-direction. |  |
yheight | m | Dimension of component in the y-direction. |  |
zdepth | m | Dimension of component in the z-direction. |  |
SampleToDetectorDistance | m | Distance from sample to detector (for focusing the scattered neutrons). |  |
DetectorRadius | m | Radius of the detector (for focusing the scattered neutrons). |  |

AT ( | , | , |  | ) RELATIVE |  |
ROTATED ( | , | , |  | ) RELATIVE |

## Links

- Source code for `SANSLiposomes.comp`.

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