Biophysical Journal 71: 1796-1805 (1996)
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Determination of molecular order in supported lipid membranes by internal reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy.

Department of Pharmacology, Johnson Research Foundation for Molecular Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104-6084 USA.

ABSTRACT

When polarized internal reflection infrared spectroscopy is used to determine molecular order in supported lipid membranes, the results are critically dependent on the accuracy of assumptions made about the evanescent electric field amplitudes in the membrane. In this work, we examine several expressions used for calculating evanescent electric field amplitudes in supported lipid monolayers and bilayers, and test their validity by measuring the infrared dichroism of poly-gamma-benzyl-L-glutamate and poly-beta-benzyl-L-aspartate under conditions in which their molecular order is known. Our results indicate that treating such systems as a simple single interface between two semi-infinite bulk phases is more accurate than the commonly employed thin-film approximation. This implies that earlier conclusions about molecular order in supported lipid membranes may require substantial revision.

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