Dielectric Relaxation Dynamics of Water in Model Membranes Probed by Terahertz Spectroscopy

AUTOR(ES)

Tielrooij, K.J.

FONTE

The Biophysical Society

RESUMO

We study hydrated model membranes, consisting of stacked bilayers of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine lipids, using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy. Terahertz spectroscopy enables the investigation of water dynamics, owing to its sensitivity to dielectric relaxation processes associated with water reorientation. By controlling the number of water molecules per lipid molecule in the system, we elucidate how the interplay between the model membrane and water molecules results in different water dynamics. For decreasing hydration levels, we observe the appearance of new types of water dynamics: the collective bulklike dynamics become less pronounced, whereas an increased amount of both very slowly reorienting (i.e., irrotational) and very rapidly reorienting (i.e., fast) water molecules appear. Temperature-dependent measurements reveal the interconversion between the three distinct types of water present in the system.

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