Imaging non-classical mechanical responses of lipid membranes using molecular rotors
Miguel Páez-Pérez, Ismael López‐Duarte, Aurimas Vyšniauskas, Nicholas J. Brooks, Marina K. Kuimova
Abstract
Viscosity-sensitive molecular rotors demonstrate that the non-classical mechanical behaviour of model lipid membranes is able to buffer external stress.
Topics & Concepts
MembraneBiophysicsLipid bilayerChemistryMaterials scienceClassical mechanicsChemical physicsNanotechnologyBiological systemPhysicsBiochemistryBiologyLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsMechanical and Optical Resonators