Year: 1994
Type: article
Abstract: Pressure-jump initiated time-resolved x-ray diffraction studies of dynamics of the hydration of the hexagonal phase in biological membranes show that (i) the relaxation of unit cell spacing is nonexponential in time; and (ii) the Bragg peaks shift smoothly to thier final positions without significant broadening or loss in crystalline order. This suggests that the hydration is not diffusion limited but occurs via a rather homogeneous swelling of the whole lattice, described by power law kinetics with an exponent \ensuremath{\beta}=1.3\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.2.
Source: Physical Review Letters
Authors: F. Österberg, M. Kriechbaum, A. Polcyn, V. Skita, M. W. Tate, P. T. C. So, S. M. Gruner, Shyamsunder Erramilli
Institution: Princeton University
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2003908736