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Coherent collective dynamics in phospholipid membranes: where are we now?
- Source :
- Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti : Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Vol 98, Iss S1, p A10 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, 2020.
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Abstract
- We review the main achievements accomplished in the study of the coherent collective dynamics of phospholipid membranes, i.e., the collective vibrational excitations active on the sub-picoseconds to picoseconds time scale and terahertz frequencies, over a length scale comparable to the angstrom length scale. The first descriptions of the terahertz collective spectrum, mainly assigned to a single longitudinal acoustic-like mode similarly to simple liquids, have been progressively replaced by a complex scenario, with longitudinal and transverse acoustic-like and optic-like inelastic excitations. Complex phenomena (avoided crossing mechanisms between modes, a phonon gap introduced by the disorder and a slow- to fast-sound transition) have been highlighted in the dispersion curves of lipid bilayers. Systematic and comprehensive studies along the lines of the investigations reviewed here contribute to understand the role of the collective (coherent) chain dynamics in the passive transport across bilayers, in the formation of water wires inside dynamic defects in lipid bilayers and in other biological functions of biomembranes.
- Subjects :
- Science (General)
Q1-390
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- Language :
- English, Italian
- ISSN :
- 03650359 and 18251242
- Volume :
- 98
- Issue :
- S1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti : Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.0b551bd3a55949dcb1048295009fb019
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1478/AAPP.98S1A10