The SAXSLiposomes McXtrace Component

A sample of polydisperse liposomes in solution (water).

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

Example: SAXSLiposomes( xwidth = 0.01, yheight = 0.01, zdepth = 0.01, SampleToDetectorDistance = 0.48, DetectorRadius = 0.1 )

Parameters in boldface are required; the others are optional.


Name	Unit	Description	Default



Radius	Å	Average thickness of the liposomes.	800.0
Thickness	Å	Thickness of the bilayer.	38.89
SigmaRadius		Relative Gaussian deviation of the radius in the distribution of liposomes.	0.20
nRadius		Number of bins in Radius for polydisperse distribution.	100
VolumeOfHeadgroup	Å\(^{3}\)	Volume of one lipid headgroup - default is POPC.	319.0
VolumeOfCH2Tail	Å\(^{3}\)	Volume of the CH2-chains of one lipid - default is POPC.	818.8
VolumeOfCH3Tail	Å\(^{3}\)	Volume of the CH3-tails of one lipid - default is POPC.	108.6
ScatteringLengthOfHeadgroup	cm	Scattering length of one lipid headgroup - default is POPC.	4.62E-11
ScatteringLengthOfCH2Tail	cm	Scattering length of the CH2-chains of one lipid - default is POPC.	6.71E-11
ScatteringLengthOfCH3Tail	cm	Scattering length of the CH3-tails of one lipid - default is POPC.	5.08E-12
Concentration	mM	Concentration of sample.	0.01
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 x-rays).
DetectorRadius	m	Radius of the detector (for focusing the scattered x-rays).