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 |