Behavior of pyrene as a polarity probe in palmitoylsphingomyelin and palmitoylsphingomyelin/cholesterol bilayers: A molecular dynamics simulation study

Pyrene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon noted for its remarkable optical spectroscopic properties. Among its uses as a fluorescent probe, measurement of lipid bilayer's equivalent polarity through the pyrene Ham effect stands out. To this effect, the ratio of the intensities of the first an...

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Main Author: do Canto, António M. T. M. (author)
Other Authors: Santos, Patrícia D. (author), Martins, Jorge (author), Loura, Luís M. S. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Phospholipid-bilayers
Sphingomyelin bilayers
Biological-membranes
Solvent polarities
Water-penetration
Lipid rafts
Py scale
Cholesterol
Fluorescence
Mixtures
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11952
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/11952

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11952

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