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The Diffusion of Passive Tracers in Laminar Shear Flow
Published on: May 1, 2018
混雑した溶液の散水粘度による表面水拡散の非線形スケーリング
John M Franck1, John A Scott, Songi Han
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 26, 2013
まとめ
脂質二重層の表面水分化ダイナミクスは,主に分子の表面によって決定され,大量溶媒の特性によって決定されません. 大量粘度または閉じ込めの変化は,DPPC脂質体表面の近くの水拡散に最小限の影響を及ぼします.
科学分野:
- 生物物理化学 生物物理化学
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- 物理化学 物理化学
背景:
- バイオマクロ分子表面の近くの水の動態は,生物学的機能にとって極めて重要です.
- 表面水分化の理解は,分子相互作用とプロセスを理解するための鍵です.
- リポソームは,DPPCリポソームと同様に,細胞膜のモデルシステムとして機能します.
研究 の 目的:
- DPPCリポソーム表面の0.5-1.5 nm以内のトランスレーション性水分化ダイナミクスを調査する.
- バルク溶媒の性質が地表水の動態に及ぼす影響を決定する.
- 水分化ダイナミクスに対する溶媒変化と表面変化の影響を比較する.
主な方法:
- オーバーハウザー・ダイナミック・ニュクレア・ポラライゼーション (ODNP) テクニックを使用した.
- ディパルミトイルフォスファティディルコリン (DPPC) リポソームの近くの水拡散を分析した.
- 大量溶媒の粘度と封じ込めを操作して,その影響を評価する.
主要な成果:
- 大量溶剤の劇的な変化 (粘度>10倍,閉じ込め) は,表面水の翻訳的拡散係数にわずかな変化 (<2.5倍) をしか引き起こさなかった.
- 表面水分化ダイナミクスは,散発溶媒の特性に対して弱い感度であることが判明しました.
- 以前の研究では,表面の変化が水分化ダイナミクスを最大30倍まで変化させることが示されました.
結論:
- ナノスケール (<1.5 nm) のマクロ分子表面トポロジーと化学は,表面水分化ダイナミクスを制御する支配的要因です.
- 溶媒の性質は,生物マクロ分子界面での局所的な水の振る舞いを決定する上で限られた役割を果たします.
- 大量溶媒の条件ではなく,表面特有の相互作用が,水分化ダイナミクスを決定する.
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