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Patra P, Banerjee R, Chakrabarti J. Effect of biphosphate salt on dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer deformation by Tat polypeptide. Biopolymers 2022; 113:e23518. [PMID: 35621373 DOI: 10.1002/bip.23518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Translocation of positively charged cell penetrating peptides (CPP) through cell membrane is important in drug delivery. Here we report all-atom molecular dynamics simulations to investigate how a biphosphate salt in a solvent affects the interaction of a CPP, HIV-1 Tat peptide with model dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) lipid bilayer. Tat peptide has a large number of basic arginines and a couple of polar glutamines. We observe that in absence of salt, the basic residues of the polypeptide get localized in the vicinity of the membrane without altering the bilayer properties much; polypeptide induce local thinning of the bilayer membrane at the area of localization. In presence of biphosphate salt, the basic residues, dressed by the biphosphate ions, are repelled by the phosphate head groups of the lipid molecules. However, polar glutamine prefers to stay in the vicinity of the bilayer. This leads to larger local bilayer thickness at the contact point by the polar residue and non-uniform bilayer thickness profile. The thickness deformation of bilayer structure disappears upon mutating the polar residue, suggesting importance of the polar residue in bilayer deformation. Our studies point to control bilayer deformation by appropriate peptide sequence and solvent conditions.
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- Piya Patra
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, Haringhata, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, Haringhata, Nadia, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemical, Biological and Macro-Molecular Sciences, Thematic Unit of Excellence on Computational Materials Science and Technical Research Centre, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Norling K, Sjöberg M, Bally M, Zhdanov VP, Parveen N, Höök F. Dissimilar Deformation of Fluid- and Gel-Phase Liposomes upon Multivalent Interaction with Cell Membrane Mimics Revealed Using Dual-Wavelength Surface Plasmon Resonance. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:2550-2560. [PMID: 35156833 PMCID: PMC8892953 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The mechanical properties of biological nanoparticles play a crucial role in their interaction with the cellular membrane, in particular for cellular uptake. This has significant implications for the design of pharmaceutical carrier particles. In this context, liposomes have become increasingly popular, among other reasons due to their customizability and easily varied physicochemical properties. With currently available methods, it is, however, not trivial to characterize the mechanical properties of nanoscopic liposomes especially with respect to the level of deformation induced upon their ligand-receptor-mediated interaction with laterally fluid cellular membranes. Here, we utilize the sensitivity of dual-wavelength surface plasmon resonance to probe the size and shape of bound liposomes (∼100 nm in diameter) as a means to quantify receptor-induced deformation during their interaction with a supported cell membrane mimic. By comparing biotinylated liposomes in gel and fluid phases, we demonstrate that fluid-phase liposomes are more prone to deformation than their gel-phase counterparts upon binding to the cell membrane mimic and that, as expected, the degree of deformation depends on the number of ligand-receptor pairs that are engaged in the multivalent binding.
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- Karin Norling
- Division
of Nano and Biophysics, Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division
of Nano and Biophysics, Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department
of Clinical Microbiology, Umeå University, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden
- Wallenberg
Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå
University, 901 85 Umeå, Sweden
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- Division
of Nano and Biophysics, Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Boreskov
Institute of Catalysis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Division
of Nano and Biophysics, Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Division
of Nano and Biophysics, Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Schlüßler R, Kim K, Nötzel M, Taubenberger A, Abuhattum S, Beck T, Müller P, Maharana S, Cojoc G, Girardo S, Hermann A, Alberti S, Guck J. Correlative all-optical quantification of mass density and mechanics of subcellular compartments with fluorescence specificity. eLife 2022; 11:e68490. [PMID: 35001870 PMCID: PMC8816383 DOI: 10.7554/elife.68490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Quantitative measurements of physical parameters become increasingly important for understanding biological processes. Brillouin microscopy (BM) has recently emerged as one technique providing the 3D distribution of viscoelastic properties inside biological samples - so far relying on the implicit assumption that refractive index (RI) and density can be neglected. Here, we present a novel method (FOB microscopy) combining BM with optical diffraction tomography and epifluorescence imaging for explicitly measuring the Brillouin shift, RI, and absolute density with specificity to fluorescently labeled structures. We show that neglecting the RI and density might lead to erroneous conclusions. Investigating the nucleoplasm of wild-type HeLa cells, we find that it has lower density but higher longitudinal modulus than the cytoplasm. Thus, the longitudinal modulus is not merely sensitive to the water content of the sample - a postulate vividly discussed in the field. We demonstrate the further utility of FOB on various biological systems including adipocytes and intracellular membraneless compartments. FOB microscopy can provide unexpected scientific discoveries and shed quantitative light on processes such as phase separation and transition inside living cells.
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- Raimund Schlüßler
- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of ScienceBengaluruIndia
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
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- Translational Neurodegeneration Section "Albrecht Kossel", University Rostock, and German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)Rostock/GreifswaldGermany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
- Physics of Life, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische UniversitätDresdenGermany
- Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und MedizinErlangenGermany
- Physics of Life, Technische Universität DresdenDresdenGermany
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Morris C, Kent TW, Shen F, Wojcikiewicz EP, Du D. Effects of the Hydrophilic N-Terminal Region on Aβ-Mediated Membrane Disruption. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:7671-7678. [PMID: 34252282 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Amyloidogenesis of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides is intimately related to pathological neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease. Here, we investigated the membrane damage activity of Aβ40 and its derivatives that contain mutation at the N-terminal charged residues using a membrane leakage assay. A model 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) phospholipid vesicle encapsulating the fluorescent dye carboxyfluorescein was used in the study. Our results show that the mutations of the N-terminal charged residues of Aβ40 significantly affect the peptide-induced membrane leakage. The results suggest that favorable electrostatic interactions of the N-terminal charged residues and the phosphatidylcholine membrane surface are crucial in Aβ-mediated membrane permeation. The flexible and charge-rich N-terminal region may play a critical role in directing Aβ self-association on the membrane surface and in anchoring and stabilizing the peptide aggregates inserted in the phospholipid membrane, which are closely related with membrane disruption activity of Aβ. The results provide new mechanistic insight into the Aβ-mediated membrane damage process, which may be critical for understanding the mechanism of Aβ neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease.
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- Clifford Morris
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, United States
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Kim K, Guck J. The Relative Densities of Cytoplasm and Nuclear Compartments Are Robust against Strong Perturbation. Biophys J 2020; 119:1946-1957. [PMID: 33091376 PMCID: PMC7732746 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.08.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The cell nucleus is a compartment in which essential processes such as gene transcription and DNA replication occur. Although the large amount of chromatin confined in the finite nuclear space could install the picture of a particularly dense organelle surrounded by less dense cytoplasm, recent studies have begun to report the opposite. However, the generality of this newly emerging, opposite picture has so far not been tested. Here, we used combined optical diffraction tomography and epi-fluorescence microscopy to systematically quantify the mass densities of cytoplasm, nucleoplasm, and nucleoli of human cell lines, challenged by various perturbations. We found that the nucleoplasm maintains a lower mass density than cytoplasm during cell cycle progression by scaling its volume to match the increase of dry mass during cell growth. At the same time, nucleoli exhibited a significantly higher mass density than the cytoplasm. Moreover, actin and microtubule depolymerization and changing chromatin condensation altered volume, shape, and dry mass of those compartments, whereas the relative distribution of mass densities was generally unchanged. Our findings suggest that the relative mass densities across membrane-bound and membraneless compartments are robustly conserved, likely by different as-of-yet unknown mechanisms, which hints at an underlying functional relevance. This surprising robustness of mass densities contributes to an increasing recognition of the importance of physico-chemical properties in determining cellular characteristics and compartments.
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- Kyoohyun Kim
- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany
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- Biotechnology Center, Center for Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Erlangen, Germany.
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Structure of DPPC Monolayers at the Air/Buffer Interface: A Neutron Reflectometry and Ellipsometry Study. COATINGS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings10060507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Langmuir monolayers of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine, known as DPPC, at the air/water interface are extensively used as model systems of biomembranes and pulmonary surfactant. The properties of these monolayers have been mainly investigated by surface pressure–area isotherms coupled with different complementary techniques such as Brewster angle microscopy, for example. Several attempts using neutron reflectometry (NR) or ellipsometry have also appeared in the literature. Here, we report structural information obtained by using NR and ellipsometry on DPPC monolayers in the liquid condensed phase. On one side, NR can resolve the thickness of the aliphatic tails and the degree of hydration of the polar headgroups. On the other side, ellipsometry gives information on the refractive index and, therefore, on the physical state of the monolayer. The thickness and surface excess obtained by multiple-angle-of-incidence ellipsometry (MAIE) is compared with the results from NR measurements yielding a good agreement. Besides, a novel approach is reported to calculate the optical anisotropy of the DPPC monolayer that depends on the orientation of the aliphatic chains. The results from both NR and ellipsometry are also discussed in the context of the existing results for DPPC monolayers at the air/water interface. The differences observed are rationalized by the presence of buffer molecules interacting with phospholipids.
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Johnson MA, Decca RS. Near-field studies of anisotropic variations and temperature-induced structural changes in a supported single lipid bilayer. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:032416. [PMID: 32289994 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.032416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Temperature-controlled polarization modulation near-field scanning optical microscopy measurements of a single supported L_{β^{'}} 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) lipid bilayer are presented. The effective retardance (S=2π(n_{e}-n_{o})t/λ, where t is the thickness of the bilayer and λ is the wavelength of light used) and the direction of the projection of the acyl chains (θ) were measured simultaneously. We demonstrate how one is able to align the system over the sample and measure a relative retardance ΔS, a crucial step in performing temperature-controlled experiments. Maps of ΔS and θ, with a lateral resolution on the order of ∼100 nm are presented, highlighting variations deriving from changes in the average molecular orientation across a lipid membrane at room temperature. A discussion of how this information can be used to map the average three-dimensional orientation of the molecules is presented. From ΔS and the known thickness of the membrane t the birefringence (n_{e}-n_{o}) of the bilayer was determined. Temperature-controlled measurements yielded a change of ΔS∼(3.8±0.3) mrad at the main transition temperature (T_{m}∼41^{∘}C) of a single planar bilayer of DPPC, where the membrane transitioned between the gel L_{β^{'}} to liquid disorder L_{α} state. The result agrees well with previous values of (n_{e}-n_{o}) in the L_{β^{'}} phase and translates to an assumed average acyl chain orientation relative to the membrane normal (〈ϕ〉∼32^{∘}) when T<T_{m} and 0^{∘} when T>T_{m}. Evidence of super heating and cooling are presented. A discussion on how the observed behavior as T_{m} is approached, could relate to the existence of varying microconfigurations within the lipid bilyer are presented. This conversation includes ideas from a Landau-Ginzburg picture of first-order phase transitions in nematic-to-isotropic systems.
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- Merrell A Johnson
- Department of Physics, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, 402 North Blackford Street, Building LD154, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.,Department of Physics, Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Building KT126A, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805, USA
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- Department of Physics, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, 402 North Blackford Street, Building LD154, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
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Lee TH, Hirst DJ, Kulkarni K, Del Borgo MP, Aguilar MI. Exploring Molecular-Biomembrane Interactions with Surface Plasmon Resonance and Dual Polarization Interferometry Technology: Expanding the Spotlight onto Biomembrane Structure. Chem Rev 2018; 118:5392-5487. [PMID: 29793341 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The molecular analysis of biomolecular-membrane interactions is central to understanding most cellular systems but has emerged as a complex technical challenge given the complexities of membrane structure and composition across all living cells. We present a review of the application of surface plasmon resonance and dual polarization interferometry-based biosensors to the study of biomembrane-based systems using both planar mono- or bilayers or liposomes. We first describe the optical principals and instrumentation of surface plasmon resonance, including both linear and extraordinary transmission modes and dual polarization interferometry. We then describe the wide range of model membrane systems that have been developed for deposition on the chips surfaces that include planar, polymer cushioned, tethered bilayers, and liposomes. This is followed by a description of the different chemical immobilization or physisorption techniques. The application of this broad range of engineered membrane surfaces to biomolecular-membrane interactions is then overviewed and how the information obtained using these techniques enhance our molecular understanding of membrane-mediated peptide and protein function. We first discuss experiments where SPR alone has been used to characterize membrane binding and describe how these studies yielded novel insight into the molecular events associated with membrane interactions and how they provided a significant impetus to more recent studies that focus on coincident membrane structure changes during binding of peptides and proteins. We then discuss the emerging limitations of not monitoring the effects on membrane structure and how SPR data can be combined with DPI to provide significant new information on how a membrane responds to the binding of peptides and proteins.
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- Tzong-Hsien Lee
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Biomedicine Discovery Institute , Monash University , Clayton , VIC 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Biomedicine Discovery Institute , Monash University , Clayton , VIC 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Biomedicine Discovery Institute , Monash University , Clayton , VIC 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Biomedicine Discovery Institute , Monash University , Clayton , VIC 3800 , Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Biomedicine Discovery Institute , Monash University , Clayton , VIC 3800 , Australia
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Sigel R. Form factor for distorted semi-flexible polymer chains. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:742-753. [PMID: 29271457 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm02098h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The statistical presence of kinks which form defects in semi-flexible polymer chains leads to a polydispersity in the effective persistence length. The form factor of a distorted semi-flexible polymer results as an average over this persistence polydispersity. It turns out that the scattering behavior of an ensemble of distorted semi-flexible polymer chains is quite well approximated by a form factor of an undistorted chain with a Rg-equivalent persistence length. An apparent length polydispersity is observed for short distorted chains. The Rg-equivalent persistence length is significantly smaller than the innate persistence length multiplied by the fraction of regular monomers. The results are compared to related work on DNA from the literature.
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- Reinhard Sigel
- Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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An experimental strategy for the detection of fluctuation dynamics at interfaces based on a combination of photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) with a nulling ellipsometry scheme is investigated theoretically. The intensity description of ellipsometry measurements is generalized to PCS time correlation functions. The nulling ellipsometry procedure is applied for every lag time t of the correlation functions, to extract the dynamics connected to the coherent signal which contains the interface dynamics. The classical ellipsometry parameters Δ and tanΨ are generalized to functions and tan [capital Psi, Greek, tilde]Q(t). A suitable Siegert relation is derived and employed to show that either field correlation functions or intensity correlation functions after baseline subtraction can be used as the starting point for the nulling ellipsometry procedure.
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- Reinhard Sigel
- German University in Cairo (GUC), Al Tagamoa Al Khames, New Cairo City, Egypt.
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Ragaliauskas T, Mickevicius M, Rakovska B, Penkauskas T, Vanderah DJ, Heinrich F, Valincius G. Fast formation of low-defect-density tethered bilayers by fusion of multilamellar vesicles. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:669-678. [PMID: 28088448 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2017.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Revised: 12/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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A facile and reproducible preparation of surface-supported lipid bilayers is essential for fundamental membrane research and biotechnological applications. We demonstrate that multilamellar vesicles fuse to molecular-anchor-grafted surfaces yielding low-defect-density, tethered bilayer membranes. Continuous bilayers are formed within 10min, while the electrically insulating bilayers with <0.1μm-2 defect density can be accomplished within 60min. Surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy indicates that an amount of lipid material transferred from vesicles to a surface is inversely proportional to the density of an anchor, while the total amount of lipid that includes tethered and transferred lipid remains constant within 5% standard error. This attests for the formation of intact bilayers independent of the tethering agent density. Neutron reflectometry (NR) revealed the atomic level structural details of the tethered bilayer showing, among other things, that the total thickness of the hydrophobic slab of the construct was 3.2nm and that the molar fraction of cholesterol in lipid content is essentially the same as the molar fraction of cholesterol in the multilamellar liposomes. NR also indicated the formation of an overlayer with an effective thickness of 1.9nm. These overlayers may be easily removed by a single rinse of the tethered construct with 30% ethanol solution. Fast assembly and low residual defect density achievable within an hour of fusion makes our tethered bilayer methodology an attractive platform for biosensing of membrane damaging agents, such as pore forming toxins.
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- Tadas Ragaliauskas
- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
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- Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA; Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Sauletekio 7, Vilnius LT-10257 , Lithuania.
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Miranda A, De Beule PAA. Microscopic thin film optical anisotropy imaging at the solid-liquid interface. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2016; 87:043701. [PMID: 27131681 DOI: 10.1063/1.4947258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Optical anisotropy of thin films has been widely investigated through ellipsometry, whereby typically an optical signal is averaged over a ∼1 cm(2) elliptical area that extends with increasing angle-of-incidence (AOI). Here, we report on spectroscopic imaging ellipsometry at the solid-liquid interface applied to a supported lipid bilayer (SLB). We detail how a differential spectrally resolved ellipsometry measurement, between samples with and without optically anisotropic thin film on an absorbing substrate, can be applied to recover in and out of plane refractive indices of the thin film with known film thickness, hence determining the thin film optical anisotropy. We also present how optimal wavelength and AOI settings can be determined ensuring low parameter cross correlation between the refractive indices to be determined from a differential measurement in Δ ellipsometry angle. Furthermore, we detail a Monte Carlo type analysis that allows one to determine the minimal required optical ellipsometry resolution to recover a given thin film anisotropy. We conclude by presenting a new setup for a spectroscopic imaging ellipsometry based on fiber supercontinuum laser technology, multi-wavelength diode system, and an improved liquid cell design, delivering a 5 ×-10 × ellipsometric noise reduction over state-of-the-art. We attribute this improvement to increased ellipsometer illumination power and a reduced light path in liquid through the use of a water dipping objective.
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- Adelaide Miranda
- Applied Nano-Optics Laboratory, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Avenida Mestre José Veiga, s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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- Applied Nano-Optics Laboratory, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Avenida Mestre José Veiga, s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
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Zangle TA, Teitell MA. Live-cell mass profiling: an emerging approach in quantitative biophysics. Nat Methods 2014; 11:1221-8. [PMID: 25423019 PMCID: PMC4319180 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Cell mass, volume and growth rate are tightly controlled biophysical parameters in cellular development and homeostasis, and pathological cell growth defines cancer in metazoans. The first measurements of cell mass were made in the 1950s, but only recently have advances in computer science and microfabrication spurred the rapid development of precision mass-quantifying approaches. Here we discuss available techniques for quantifying the mass of single live cells with an emphasis on relative features, capabilities and drawbacks for different applications.
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- Thomas A Zangle
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA
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- 1] Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA. [2] Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. [3] California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. [4] Broad Stem Cell Research Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. [5] Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA. [6] Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Three dimensional (temperature–tension–composition) phase map of mixed DOPC–DPPC vesicles: Two solid phases and a fluid phase coexist on three intersecting planes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2014; 1838:2788-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Revised: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Tabaei SR, Choi JH, Haw Zan G, Zhdanov VP, Cho NJ. Solvent-assisted lipid bilayer formation on silicon dioxide and gold. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:10363-73. [PMID: 25111254 DOI: 10.1021/la501534f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Planar lipid bilayers on solid supports mimic the fundamental structure of biological membranes and can be investigated using a wide range of surface-sensitive techniques. Despite these advantages, planar bilayer fabrication is challenging, and there are no simple universal methods to form such bilayers on diverse material substrates. One of the novel methods recently proposed and proven to form a planar bilayer on silicon dioxide involves lipid deposition in organic solvent and solvent exchange to influence the phase of adsorbed lipids. To scrutinize the specifics of this solvent-assisted lipid bilayer (SALB) formation method and clarify the limits of its applicability, we have developed a simplified, continuous solvent-exchange version to form planar bilayers on silicon dioxide, gold, and alkanethiol-coated gold (in the latter case, a lipid monolayer is formed to yield a hybrid bilayer) and varied the type of organic solvent and rate of solvent exchange. By tracking the SALB formation process with simultaneous quartz crystal microbalance-dissipation (QCM-D) and ellipsometry, it was determined that the acoustic, optical, and hydration masses along with the acoustic and optical thicknesses, measured at the end of the process, are comparable to those observed by employing conventional fabrication methods (e.g., vesicle fusion). As shown by QCM-D measurements, the obtained planar bilayers are highly resistant to protein adsorption, and several, but not all, water-miscible organic solvents could be successfully used in the SALB procedure, with isopropanol yielding particularly high-quality bilayers. In addition, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) measurements demonstrated that the coefficient of lateral lipid diffusion in the fabricated bilayers corresponds to that measured earlier in the planar bilayers formed by vesicle fusion. With increasing rate of solvent exchange, it was also observed that the bilayer became incomplete and a phenomenological model was developed in order to explain this feature. The results obtained allowed us to clarify and discriminate likely steps of the SALB formation process as well as determine the corresponding influence of organic solvent type and flow conditions on these steps. Taken together, the findings demonstrate that the SALB formation method can be adapted to a continuous solvent-exchange procedure that is technically minimal, quick, and efficient to form planar bilayers on solid supports.
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- Seyed R Tabaei
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University , 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798 Singapore
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De Beule PAA. Surface scattering of core-shell particles with anisotropic shell. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. A, OPTICS, IMAGE SCIENCE, AND VISION 2014; 31:162-171. [PMID: 24561952 DOI: 10.1364/josaa.31.000162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The Bobbert-Vlieger solution to light scattering of a spherical particle suspended above a surface is extended to model the scattering of core-shell structures with anisotropic shell. Numerical modeling demonstrates that ellipsometry has potential to resolve particle shell anisotropy down to 1.8×10(-4) for SiO(2)@Au core-shell particles in air with 50 nm core diameter and 10 nm shell thickness deposited on a silicon Si [100] substrate with a density of 1 μm(-2). Application of the Ibrahim and Bashara criterion for ellipsometer parameter cross correlation identifies variable-angle ellipsometry as a viable experimental approach to separate particle core radius and shell thickness from the shell anisotropy. Ellipsometry is also identified as an alternative technique for determination of liposome anisotropy and for the study of liposome fusion with a substrate in the formation process of supported lipid bilayers.
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Kemnade N, Chen Y, Muglali MI, Erbe A. Electrochemical reductive desorption of alkyl self-assembled monolayers studied in situ by spectroscopic ellipsometry: evidence for formation of a low refractive index region after desorption. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:17081-90. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp01369g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Aggregates formed after reductive desorption of self-assembled monolayers of shorter chained thiols from gold may stabilise hydrogen bubbles.
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- Nina Kemnade
- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
- 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
- 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
- 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
- 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Römhildt L, Gang A, Baraban L, Opitz J, Cuniberti G. High yield formation of lipid bilayer shells around silicon nanowires in aqueous solution. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2013; 24:355601. [PMID: 23917521 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/35/355601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The combination of nanoscaled materials and biological self-assembly is a key step for the development of novel approaches for biotechnology and bionanoelectronic devices. Here we propose a route to merge these two subsystems and report on the formation of highly concentrated aqueous solutions of silanized silicon nanowires wrapped in a lipid bilayer shell. We developed protocols and investigated the dynamics of lipid films on both planar surfaces and silicon nanowires using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, demonstrating fully intact and fluid bilayers without the presence of a lipid molecule reservoir. Finally, the experimental setup allowed for in situ observation of spontaneous bilayer formation around the nanowire by lipid diffusion from a vesicle to the nanowire. Such aqueous solutions of lipid coated nanowires are a versatile tool for characterization purposes and are relevant for newly emerging bioinspired electronics and nanosensorics.
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- Lotta Römhildt
- Institute for Materials Science and Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany
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Liebi M, van Rhee PG, Christianen PCM, Kohlbrecher J, Fischer P, Walde P, Windhab EJ. Alignment of bicelles studied with high-field magnetic birefringence and small-angle neutron scattering measurements. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:3467-3473. [PMID: 23406168 DOI: 10.1021/la3050785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Birefringence measurements at high magnetic field strength of up to 33 T were used to detect magnetically induced alignment of bicelles composed of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC), cholesterol, and 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-diethylenetriaminepentaacetate (DMPE-DTPA) with complexed lanthanide ions. These birefringence measurements together with a small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) analysis in a magnetic field showed parallel alignment of the bicelles if the lanthanide was thulium (Tm(3+)), and perpendicular alignment with dysprosium (Dy(3+)). With the birefringence measurements, the order parameter S can be determined as a function of the magnetic field strength, if the magnetic alignment reaches saturation. Additional structural information can be obtained if the maximum induced birefringence is considered. The degree of alignment of the studied bicelles increased with decreasing temperature from 40 to 5 °C and showed a new bicellar structure comprising a transient hole formation at intermediate temperatures (20 °C) during heating from 5 to 40 °C.
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- Marianne Liebi
- Laboratory of Food Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Erbe A, Sigel R. Incoherent dynamic light scattering by dilute dispersions of spherical particles: wavelength-dependent dynamics. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:19143-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp53220h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Wet-surface-enhanced ellipsometric contrast microscopy identifies slime as a major adhesion factor during bacterial surface motility. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:10036-41. [PMID: 22665761 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1120979109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In biology, the extracellular matrix (ECM) promotes both cell adhesion and specific recognition, which is essential for central developmental processes in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. However, live studies of the dynamic interactions between cells and the ECM, for example during motility, have been greatly impaired by imaging limitations: mostly the ability to observe the ECM at high resolution in absence of specific staining by live microscopy. To solve this problem, we developed a unique technique, wet-surface enhanced ellipsometry contrast (Wet-SEEC), which magnifies the contrast of transparent organic materials deposited on a substrate (called Wet-surf) with exquisite sensitivity. We show that Wet-SEEC allows both the observation of unprocessed nanofilms as low as 0.2 nm thick and their accurate 3D topographic reconstructions, directly by standard light microscopy. We next used Wet-SEEC to image slime secretion, a poorly defined property of many prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms that move across solid surfaces in absence of obvious extracellular appendages (gliding). Using combined Wet-SEEC and fluorescent-staining experiments, we observed slime deposition by gliding Myxococcus xanthus cells at unprecedented resolution. Altogether, the results revealed that in this bacterium, slime associates preferentially with the outermost components of the motility machinery and promotes its adhesion to the substrate on the ventral side of the cell. Strikingly, analogous roles have been proposed for the extracellular proteoglycans of gliding diatoms and apicomplexa, suggesting that slime deposition is a general means for gliding organisms to adhere and move over surfaces.
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Ross DJ, Sigel R. Mie scattering by soft core-shell particles and its applications to ellipsometric light scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2012; 85:056710. [PMID: 23004906 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.85.056710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Through the use of Mie theory generalized to multiple spheres, the derivatives of the scattering matrix elements and ellipsometric scattering variables are found as a function of shell thickness and nonconcentricity for core-shell particles. In particular, for the case of a core-shell sphere system where the centers are not concentric, the derivatives are taken with respect to the line segment describing the distance between spherical centers. The derivatives of the scattering matrix elements can be used to calculate the changes in ellipsometric light scattering, allowing for sensitivity and precision in quantitative models of fluctuations in core-shell systems. Computed results giving model contrast for a variety of sizes and fluctuation modes are used to design and guide novel light-scattering experiments currently underway.
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- Daniel J Ross
- Adolph Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Turbidity Spectroscopy for Characterization of Submicroscopic Drug Carriers, Such as Nanoparticles and Lipid Vesicles: Size Determination. Pharm Res 2011; 28:2204-22. [DOI: 10.1007/s11095-011-0448-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2010] [Accepted: 04/07/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Stocco A, Mokhtari T, Haseloff G, Erbe A, Sigel R. Evanescent-wave dynamic light scattering at an oil-water interface: diffusion of interface-adsorbed colloids. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2011; 83:011601. [PMID: 21405697 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.83.011601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2009] [Revised: 08/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A light-scattering goniometer for evanescent-wave dynamic light scattering (EWDLS) measurements at a liquid-fluid interface is introduced, and used for measurements on two charge-stabilized polystyrene colloid systems adsorbed to alkane-water interfaces. The goniometer allows an independent variation of the penetration depth and the scattering vector components parallel and perpendicular to a liquid-fluid interface. The possible illumination geometries are compared. Ellipsometry at the liquid-fluid interface is implemented as a complementary tool. In EWDLS measurements, the absence of diffusive motion perpendicular to the interface is demonstrated, which confirms the adsorption of the particles. The two-step decay of the autocorrelation function is interpreted in terms of diffusion within a two-dimensional interface lattice of colloidal particles, stabilized by repulsive electrostatic interactions, and a desorption process. A significant slowing down of the in-plane diffusion of the colloids as compared to the bulk diffusion is observed.
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- Antonio Stocco
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Golm, Germany
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Inhomogeneities in sodium decylsulfate doped 1,2-dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer. J Colloid Interface Sci 2010; 343:401-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.11.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2009] [Revised: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 11/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Light scattering near and from interfaces using evanescent wave and ellipsometric light scattering. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2009.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Stocco A, Tauer K. High-resolution ellipsometric studies on fluid interfaces. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2009; 30:431-438. [PMID: 20012666 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2009-10544-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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In this article, highly accurate experimental results reveal the interfacial profile between different macroscopic fluid phases. The deviation from a step profile, quantified by the ellipsometric quantity J(1), shows a strong correlation with the cohesive energy quantified by the Gordon parameter G . Surprisingly, at high values of G , J (1)( < 0) deviates significantly from any predictions. Findings for water and water-like interfaces can be interpreted in terms of the strength of hydrogen bonding at the surface.
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- A Stocco
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14476, Golm, Germany.
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Tauer K, Weber N, Nozari S, Padtberg K, Sigel R, Stark A, Völkel A. Heterophase Polymerization as Synthetic Tool in Polymer Chemistry for Making Nanocomposites. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/masy.200950701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Erbe A, Tauer K, Sigel R. Separation of coherent and incoherent scattering contributions in ellipsometric light scattering experiments on latex mixtures. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:2703-2710. [PMID: 19437692 DOI: 10.1021/la803500p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Mixtures of poly(styrene) latices were used to vary the sample polydispersity for an investigation of polydispersity effects on ellipsometric light scattering (ELS) data. A procedure for high-accuracy ELS measurements is presented and the experimental distinction of coherent and incoherent scattering contributions is demonstrated. The ellipsometric parameters tan (phiQ) and delta are solely determined from coherent scattering and represent averaged ensemble properties, independent of the width of the size distribution. The change in polydispersity shows up in the parameter tan(phiI), which is affected by incoherent contributions. The average particle size detected by ELS can be estimated from the intensity-weighted size distribution. A radial local birefringence in the particles has been detected and attributed to stress birefringence due to the action of the interface tension on the particles during their growth.
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- Andreas Erbe
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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