TY - JOUR
AU - Jaksch, Sebastian
AU - Holderer, Olaf
AU - Frielinghaus, Henrich
AU - Koutsioubas, Alexandros
AU - Zolnierczuk, Piotr
AU - Hayward, Dominic William
AU - Förster, Stephan
AU - Müller-Buschbaum, Peter
TI - Influence of NaCl on the Structure and Dynamics of Phospholipid Layers
JO - Frontiers in physics
VL - 9
SN - 2296-424X
CY - Lausanne
PB - Frontiers Media
M1 - FZJ-2021-02651
SP - 628219
PY - 2021
AB - We present a structural and dynamical analysis of the influence of NaCl on multilayer stacks of phospholipids on a solid surface. To this end, multilayer stacks of phospholipids (L-α-phosphatidylcholine, abbreviated as SoyPC) are investigated with neutron reflectometry, grazing-incidence small-angle neutron scattering (GISANS) and grazing-incidence neutron-spin echo spectroscopy (GINSES). We show both that the NaCl influence on the structure is predominantly on water-head group interface and also, that the change in dynamics is restricted to an associated change in the inter-plane viscosity. Using this knowledge, it is possible to model the dynamical behavior of a phospholipid membrane in response to a salt concentration of the solvent using only a single parameter, namely the in-plane viscosity. The excellent agreement with our previously published model also strongly supports the existence of a thermally excited surface mode in phospholipid membranes for close-to-physiological conditions.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000655503600001
DO - DOI:10.3389/fphy.2021.628219
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/893252
ER -