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  • Biophysical chemistry
  • Polymer chemistry
  • Membrane biophysics

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  • Lipid bilayer membranes exhibit distinct phases (solid-ordered, liquid-ordered, liquid-disordered).
  • Understanding membrane phase behavior is crucial for cellular processes and drug delivery.
  • Developing sensitive and selective sensors for membrane phases remains a challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce dynamic polyimines as novel multifunctional sensors for lipid bilayer phases.
  • To investigate the self-condensation behavior of push-pull amino formyl fluorenes in different membrane phases.
  • To characterize the optical and fluorescence properties of polyimines formed within membranes.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of push-pull amino formyl fluorenes.
  • Formation of vesicular membranes with varying lipid compositions.
  • Induction of polyimine self-condensation under mildly acidic conditions.
  • Spectroscopic analysis including absorption, circular dichroism (CD), and fluorescence quenching measurements.

Main Results:

  • Self-condensation of fluorene derivatives into polyimines occurred specifically in solid-ordered and liquid-ordered membrane phases.
  • No polyimine formation was observed in liquid-disordered phases.
  • Polyimine formation led to a red shift in absorption maxima, appearance of exciton-coupled CD bands, and fluorescence quenching.
  • These spectral changes provided multiple detection modes for membrane phase identification.

Conclusions:

  • Dynamic polyimines are effective multifunctional sensors for distinguishing between different lipid bilayer phases.
  • The pH-dependent self-condensation mechanism allows for sensitive detection of membrane phase transitions.
  • The observed spectral changes offer versatile tools for monitoring membrane properties, including those affected by membrane tension.