Title
On scattered waves and lipid domains: Detecting membrane rafts with X-rays and neutrons
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Publication Title
Soft Matter
Volume
11
Issue
47
First Page
9055
Last Page
9072
Abstract
In order to understand the biological role of lipids in cell membranes, it is necessary to determine the mesoscopic structure of well-defined model membrane systems. Neutron and X-ray scattering are non-invasive, probe-free techniques that have been used extensively in such systems to probe length scales ranging from angstroms to microns, and dynamics occurring over picosecond to millisecond time scales. Recent developments in the area of phase separated lipid systems mimicking membrane rafts will be presented, and the underlying concepts of the different scattering techniques used to study them will be discussed in detail.
DOI
10.1039/c5sm01807b
ISSN
1744683X
E-ISSN
17446848
Recommended Citation
Marquardt, Drew; Heberle, Frederick A.; Nickels, Jonathan D.; Pabst, Georg; and Katsaras, John. (2015). On scattered waves and lipid domains: Detecting membrane rafts with X-rays and neutrons. Soft Matter, 11 (47), 9055-9072.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/chemistrybiochemistrypub/313
PubMed ID
26428538