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ArticleEuropean biophysics journal : EBJ2021

A stalk fluid forming above the transition from the lamellar to the rhombohedral phase of lipid membranes.

Max Scheu, Karlo Komorowski, Chen Shen, Tim Salditt

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Article in European biophysics journal : EBJ, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Max ScheuInstitute for X-ray Physics, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37073, Göttingen, Germany.
Karlo KomorowskiInstitute for X-ray Physics, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37073, Göttingen, Germany.
Chen ShenDESY Photon Science, Notkestr.85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany.
Tim SaldittInstitute for X-ray Physics, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37073, Göttingen, Germany. tsaldit@gwdg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4636-0813

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft SFB803/B1
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Abstract

In this work, we present evidence for the formation of transient stalks in aligned multilamellar stacks of lipid membranes. Just above the phase transition from the fluid ([Formula: see text]) lamellar phase to the rhombohedral phase (R), where lipid stalks crystallize on a super-lattice within the lipid bilayer stack, we observe a characteristic scattering pattern, which can be attributed to a correlated fluid of transient stalks. Excess (off-axis) diffuse scattering with a broad modulation around the position which later transforms to a sharp peak of the rhombohedral lattice, gives evidence for the stalk fluid forming as a pre-critical effect, reminiscent of critical phenomena in the vicinity of second-order phase transitions. Using high-resolution off-specular X-ray scattering and lineshape analysis we show that this pre-critical regime is accompanied by an anomalous elasticity behavior of the membrane stack, in particular an increase in inter-bilayer compressibility, i.e., a decrease in the compression modulus.

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Lipid BilayersPhase TransitionElasticityX-Ray DiffractionLipid BilayersFusion stalkGrazing-incidence X-ray diffractionLipid membranesSmectic elasticity

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PMID33590276
PMCPMC8071804

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