scholarly journals Effect of Polyethylene Glycol Monoalkyl Ethers on Phase Transition Temperature of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine Vesicle Membrane

1988 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 1565-1569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tohru Inoue ◽  
Kohsuke Fukushima ◽  
Ryosuke Shimozawa
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Polyethylene Glycol ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Phase Transition Temperature ◽  
Vesicle Membrane

scholarly journals Unique Phase Transition of Exogenous Fusion Elastin-like Polypeptides in the Solution Containing Polyethylene Glycol

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (14) ◽  
pp. 3560
Author(s):  
Zhongqi Ge ◽  
Ziyang Xiong ◽  
Dandan Zhang ◽  
Xialan Li ◽  
Guangya Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Polyethylene Glycol ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Fluorescence Spectroscopy ◽  
Fusion Protein ◽  
Molecular Mechanism ◽  
Phase Transition Temperature ◽  
Temperature Controlled

Elastin-Like polypeptides (ELPs), as well-known temperature-controlled bio-macromolecules, are widely used. However, little is known about the interactions between ELPs and macromolecules, which is an important yet neglected problem. Here, the phase transition characteristics of an ELPs-SpyCatcher fusion protein (E-C) in the presence of polyethylene glycol (PEG) in single salts (Na2CO3, Na2SO4, NaCl) solutions were investigated using a UV spectrophotometer, DLC, and fluorescence spectroscopy, and we got some interesting results. The phases transition of E-C occurred at a concentration lower than 0.5 mol/L Na2CO3/PEG2000, while in single Na2CO3 (<0.5 mol/L), the phase transition of E-C did not occur. In the Na2CO3/PEG solution, we observed a unique two-step phase transition of E-C when the Na2CO3 concentration was 0.5 mol/L and PEG2000 concentration was less than 0.15 g/mL, respectively. In the Na2CO3/PEG2000 solution, the phase-transition temperature of E-C decreased with the increase of PEG concentration, but increased in the Na2SO4/PEG2000 solution, while it remained unchanged in the NaCl/PEG2000 solution. However, the phase-transition temperature of the linear ELPs40 decreased under the same salts/PEG2000 solutions. We also addressed the possible molecular mechanism of the interesting results. In contrast to the current well-understood salts-ELPs interactions, this work provides some new insights into the interaction between the PEG-salts-ELPs in solution.

The structure of membranes and membrane proteins embedded in amorphous ice

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 432-433
Author(s):  
Uwe Lücken ◽  
Joachim Jäger
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Phase Transition Temperature ◽  
Lipid Vesicles ◽  
Freezing Stress ◽  
Amorphous Ice ◽  
Different Temperatures ◽  
Band Pass ◽  
Lipid Polymorphism

TEM imaging of frozen-hydrated lipid vesicles has been done by several groups Thermotrophic and lyotrophic polymorphism has been reported. By using image processing, computer simulation and tilt experiments, we tried to learn about the influence of freezing-stress and defocus artifacts on the lipid polymorphism and fine structure of the bilayer profile. We show integrated membrane proteins do modulate the bilayer structure and the morphology of the vesicles.Phase transitions of DMPC vesicles were visualized after freezing under equilibrium conditions at different temperatures in a controlled-environment vitrification system. Below the main phase transition temperature of 24°C (Fig. 1), vesicles show a facetted appearance due to the quasicrystalline areas. A gradual increase in temperature leads to melting processes with different morphology in the bilayer profile. Far above the phase transition temperature the bilayer profile is still present. In the band-pass-filtered images (Fig. 2) no significant change in the width of the bilayer profile is visible.

scholarly journals Study of physical properties of a ferrimagnetic spinel Cu1.5Mn1.5O4: spin dynamics, magnetocaloric effect and critical behavior

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (41) ◽  
pp. 25664-25676
Author(s):  
Abir Hadded ◽  
Jalel Massoudi ◽  
Sirine Gharbi ◽  
Essebti Dhahri ◽  
A. Tozri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Magnetocaloric Effect ◽  
Phase Transition Temperature ◽  
Magnetic Phase Transition ◽  
Critical Behavior ◽  
Magnetic Phase ◽  
Spin Dynamics ◽  
Critical Behaviour

The present work reports a detailed study of the spin dynamics, magnetocaloric effect and critical behaviour near the magnetic phase transition temperature, of a ferrimagnetic spinel Cu1.5Mn1.5O4.

scholarly journals Modulating the phase transition temperature of giant magnetocaloric thin films by ion irradiation

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Cervera ◽  
M. Trassinelli ◽  
M. Marangolo ◽  
C. Carrétéro ◽  
V. Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Phase Transition Temperature ◽  
Ion Irradiation

Determination of ferroelastic phase transition temperature in BiVO4 by Raman spectroscopy

2021 ◽  
Vol 291 ◽  
pp. 129519
Author(s):  
Yuwaraj K. Kshetri ◽  
Bina Chaudhary ◽  
Takashi Kamiyama ◽  
Tae-Ho Kim ◽  
Federico Rosei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transition ◽  
Raman Spectroscopy ◽  
Transition Temperature ◽  
Phase Transition Temperature ◽  
Ferroelastic Phase Transition
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