X-ray diffraction study on interdigitated structure of phosphatidylcholines in glycerol

Comprehensive characterization of temperature- and pressure-induced bilayer phase transitions for saturated phosphatidylcholines containing longer chain homologs

“…In addition to these gel phases, another gel phase appears in CnPC bilayers. It is well known that the fully interdigitated gel (L ␤ I) phase of CnPC bilayers is induced by various additives such as polyols, short-chain alcohols and anesthetics under atmospheric pressure [4][5][6][7][8][9]. On the other hand, the L ␤ I phase is also induced by an application of pressure.…”

Simultaneous small-angle/wide-angle X-ray scattering and differential scanning calorimetry study of the effects of glycerol on hydrated monoolein

“…(Seddon & Templer, 1995). So far, in such studies of the effects of glycerol on the lipid assembly systems, the lamellar phase (McDaniel, et al, 1983;Boggs & Rangaraj, 1985;Swamy & Marsh, 1995;Takahashi et al, 2001) and inverted hexagonal II phase (Williams et al, 1991;Yu et al, 1995;Koynova et al, 1997) have been mainly investigated and on the other hand, few studies on bicontinuous cubic phases have been reported.…”

Real‐Time Observation of Liposome Bursting Induced by Acetonitrile

“…These artificial bilayers have been used for years to study interactions between membranes and small molecules, which include organic solvents such as methanol, [1,2] ethanol, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] acetone, [10][11][12] dimethylsulfoxide, [13][14][15][16][17] glycerol, [18][19][20][21][22][23] and formamide. The percentage of destroyed liposomes is reduced upon decreasing the acetonitrile fraction in the aqueous solution and vesicle bursting is not observed at volume ratios of 4:6 and below.…”

“…These artificial bilayers have been used for years to study interactions between membranes and small molecules, which include organic solvents such as methanol, [1,2] ethanol, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] acetone, [10][11][12] dimethylsulfoxide, [13][14][15][16][17] glycerol, [18][19][20][21][22][23] and formamide. These artificial bilayers have been used for years to study interactions between membranes and small molecules, which include organic solvents such as methanol, [1,2] ethanol, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] acetone, [10][11][12] dimethylsulfoxide, [13][14][15][16][17] glycerol, …”

“…The elapsed time between initial addition of acetonitrile and liposome bursting at each vesicle is also measured and demonstrated to be dependent on the volume fraction of acetonitrile and the vesicle size.Phospholipid bilayer membranes have been used as simple model systems of biological membranes since the latter are composed of different types of molecules, making it too complex for the investigation of physicochemical properties. These artificial bilayers have been used for years to study interactions between membranes and small molecules, which include organic solvents such as methanol, [1,2] ethanol, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] acetone, [10][11][12] dimethylsulfoxide, [13][14][15][16][17] glycerol, [18][19][20][21][22][23] and formamide. [23][24][25] Although acetonitrile (CH 3 CN) has been widely used as an important solvent in industrial applications, as well as in experiments employing liquid chromatography and UV/Vis spectroscopy, its effect on liposomes, as will be described below, has not been studied extensively.…”