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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 97, Issue 9, Pages 2484-2492Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.024
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- Nederlandse organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzock (NWO)
- European Commission [TERASPIN 039223]
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We study hydrated model membranes, consisting of stacked bilayers; of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine lipids, using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy. Terahertz spectroscopy enables the investigation of water dynamics, owing to its sensitivity to dielectric relaxation processes associated with water reorientation. By controlling the number of water molecules per lipid molecule in the system, we elucidate how the interplay between the model membrane and water molecules results in different water dynamics. For decreasing hydration levels, we observe the appearance of new types of water dynamics: the collective bulklike dynamics become less pronounced, whereas an increased amount of both very slowly reorienting (i.e., irrotational) and very rapidly reorienting (i.e., fast) water molecules appear. Temperature-dependent measurements reveal the interconversion between the three distinct types of water present in the system.
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