Properties of mixed cationic membranes studied by fluorescence solvent relaxation

Journal of Fluorescence

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 925-928

  Olżyńska, Agnieszka ^a   Jurkiewicz, Piotr ^a   Hof, Martin ^a  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cationic lipids; Lipid bilayer hydration; Membrane interface; Solvent relaxation; Time resolved emission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HYDRATION; LIPIDS; SOLVENTS;

CATIONIC LIPIDS; DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; DIOLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MEMBRANE INTERFACE; NON-MONOTONIC DEPENDENCE; RELAXATION KINETICS; SOLVENT RELAXATION; TIME-RESOLVED EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

LIPID BILAYERS;

EID: 51649083324     PISSN: 10530509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-008-0321-6     Document Type: Article

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