Issue 3, 2014
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Chemical Society Reviews

Label-free characterization of biomembranes: from structure to dynamics

Alireza Mashaghi,*a   Samaneh Mashaghi,b   Ilya Reviakine,cd   Ron M. A. Heeren,e   Vahid Sandoghdarf  and  Mischa Bonng  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
E-mail: A.MashaghiTabari@tudelft.nl
Fax: +31 15 27 88780
Tel: +31 15 2788780

b Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands

c Institute of Functional Interfaces (IFG), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Hermann-von Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

d Faculty of Engineering, the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Alameda Urquijo s/n., Bilbao, Spain

e FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands

f Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

g Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, D-55128 Mainz, Germany

Abstract

We review recent progress in the study of the structure and dynamics of phospholipid membranes and associated proteins, using novel label-free analytical tools. We describe these techniques and illustrate them with examples highlighting current capabilities and limitations. Recent advances in applying such techniques to biological and model membranes for biophysical studies and biosensing applications are presented, and future prospects are discussed.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CS60243E
Article type
Review Article
Submitted
08 Jul 2013
First published
20 Nov 2013
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014,43, 887-900

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Label-free characterization of biomembranes: from structure to dynamics

A. Mashaghi, S. Mashaghi, I. Reviakine, R. M. A. Heeren, V. Sandoghdar and M. Bonn, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2014, 43, 887 DOI: 10.1039/C3CS60243E

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