Light scattering studies membranes

Hitscherich, C., Kaplan, J., Allaman, M., Wiencek, J., and Loll, P. J. (2000). Static light scattering studies of OmpF porin imphcations for integral membrane protein crystallization, Protein, 9, 1559-1566. 

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Kunst B, Skevin D, Dezelic G, Petres JJ. A light-scattering and membrane formation study on concentrated cellulose acetate solutions. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 1976 20 1339-1353... 

We report here the results of our recent studies of poly(alkyl/arylphosphazenes) with particular emphasis on the following areas (1) the overall scope of, and recent improvements in, the condensation polymerization method (2) the characterization of a representative series of these polymers by dilute solution techniques (viscosity, membrane osmometry, light scattering, and size exclusion chromatography), thermal analysis (TGA and DSC), NMR spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (3) the preparation and preliminary thermolysis reactions of new, functionalized phosphoranimine monomers and (4) the mechanism of the polymerization reaction. 

We have another purpose in studying the temperature dependence of the rate of aggregation. It may be expected that the close approach of vesicles is the first stage in their fusion. The process of membrane fusion is known to be sensitive to temperature (14,15,16). In order to elucidate the temperature dependence of the rate of fusion per se, we have first to determine the temperature dependence of the process of close approach. We provide here light-scattering measurements which were designed to test our predictions for the aggregation of sonicated... 

Light scattering has also been used to study living cells. Osmotic swelling of rod outer segment disk membranes and brush border membrane vesicles was one... 

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