2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Role of hydration water on the self-assembly of lipids
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24740289
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Biophysics/Chemical physics
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 水の役割 / 自己組織化 / 脂質膜 / 水和状態 / テラヘルツ分光 / X線小角散乱 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
For long, water has been considered as just a background medium for the self-assembly of soft matter including biomolecules. However, the present study clarified that structural changes of phospholipid bilayers strongly depends on their hydration states from the measurements of terahertz spectroscopy and small angle-X-ray scattering. Further, ion-dependence of stacking structure of phospholipid membranes revealed that water has some “role” for the interactions between the membranes.
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| Free Research Field |
ソフトマター物理化学
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