@article {1190, title = {A unique self-assembly-driven probe for sensing a lipid bilayer: ratiometric probing of vesicle to micelle transition}, journal = {Chem. Commun.}, volume = {54}, year = {2018}, pages = {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 {{\textquoteright}}rim{{\textquoteright}} phases that co-exist in mixed assemblies (bicelles).

}, doi = {10.1039/C8CC01635F}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8CC01635F}, author = {Gulyani, Akash and Dey, Nilanjan and Bhattacharya, Santanu} }