M Nagao, H Seto - Biophysics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Neutron scattering methods are powerful tools for the study of the structure and dynamics of lipid bilayers in length scales from sub Å to tens to hundreds nm and the time scales from …
J Eid, H Razmazma, A Jraij, A Ebrahimi… - The journal of physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The bending modulus is an important physical constant characterizing lipid membranes. Different methods have been devised for calculating the bending modulus from simulations …
The outbreak of electronic-cigarette/vaping-associated lung injury (EVALI) has made thousands ill. This lung injury has been attributed to a physical interaction between toxicants …
MC Watson, FLH Brown - Biophysical journal, 2010 - cell.com
Neutron spin-echo spectroscopy provides a means to study membrane undulation dynamics over length scales roughly spanning 10–100 nanometers. Modern interpretation of these …
JJ Lopez Cascales, S Zenak, J García de La Torre… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The first stage of the action mechanism of small cationic peptides with antimicrobial activity is ruled by electrostatic interactions between the peptide and the pathogen cell membrane …
N Sapay, DP Tieleman - Journal of computational chemistry, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Computer simulations offer a valuable way to study membrane systems, from simple lipid bilayers to large transmembrane protein complexes and lipid‐nucleic acid complexes for …
MB Boggara, A Faraone… - The Journal of Physical …, 2010 - ACS Publications
The lipid bilayer bending modulus, characterized by thermal undulations, is often affected by the presence of membrane active molecules. However, complex interplay between …
Z Yi, M Nagao, DP Bossev - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We have used neutron spin echo (NSE) spectroscopy to study the effect of bilayer thickness and monounsaturation (existence of a single double bond on one of the aliphatic chains) on …
Biomembranes are key objects of numerous studies in biology and biophysics of great importance to medicine. A few nanometers thin quasi two-dimensional liquid crystalline …