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Self-Assembly of Hybrid Lipid Membranes Doped with Hydrophobic Organic Molecules at the Water/Air Interface
Published on: May 1, 2020
Weakened hydrogen bonds in water confined between lipid bilayers: the existence of a long-range attractive hydration
Zoran Arsov1, Michael Rappolt, Joze Grdadolnik
1Department of Solid State Physics, Laboratory of Biophysics, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. zoran.arsov@ijs.si
Abstract:
Stronger or weaker H-bonds? H-bonds in interlamellar water in partially hydrated lipid multibilayers are stronger with respect to bulk water. In contrast, the authors show by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy that the H-bonds are weaker in multibilayers in excess water (see spectra). This finding is of biological relevance for water-mediated phenomena in membranes.
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