Evaluation of pH at Charged Lipid/Water Interfaces by Heterodyne-Detected Electronic Sum Frequency Generation
Evaluation of pH at Charged Lipid/Water Interfaces by Heterodyne-Detected Electronic Sum Frequency Generation
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DOI:
10.1021/jz500107e
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发表时间:
2014-02-20
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Tahara, Tahei
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作者:
Kundu, Achintya;Yamaguchi, Shoichi;Tahara, Tahei
Although the interface pH at a biological membrane is important for biological processes at the membrane, there has been no systematic study to evaluate it. We apply novel interface-selective nonlinear spectroscopy to the evaluation of the pH at model biological membranes (lipid/water interfaces). It is clearly shown that the pH at the charged lipid/water interfaces is substantially deviated from the bulk pH. The pH at the lipid/water interface is higher than that in the bulk when the head group of the lipid is positively charged, whereas the pH at the lipid/water interface is lower when the lipid has a negatively charged head group.