A unique self-assembly-driven probe for sensing a lipid bilayer: ratiometric probing of vesicle to micelle transition
| Title | A unique self-assembly-driven probe for sensing a lipid bilayer: ratiometric probing of vesicle to micelle transition |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2018 |
| Authors | Gulyani A, Dey N, Bhattacharya S |
| Journal | Chem. Commun. |
| Volume | 54 |
| Pagination | 5122-5125 |
| Abstract | An amphiphilic pyrene-terpyridine (Pytpy) probe forms novel{,} fluorescent nanoaggregates in phospholipid membranes. This unique membrane-driven self-assembly of Pytpy shows large Stokes shifts and long-lived fluorescent states and efficiently reports on vesicle-micelle transition through ratiometric changes. Strikingly{,} Pytpy can even distinguish between bilayer-like domains and more-dynamic micelle-like {'}rim{'} phases that co-exist in mixed assemblies (bicelles). |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8CC01635F |
| DOI | 10.1039/C8CC01635F |