title: Hydration pressure and phase transitions of phospholipids. II. Thermotropic approach.
abstract: It is widely known that dehydration increases the main phase transition temperature of phospholipids. A mathematical analysis now shows that hydration pressure can be calculated by the dehydration-induced shift of the phase transition temperature. The hydration-dependent piezotropic and thermotropic phase transitions were determined by using calorimetry and FT-IR spectroscopy, and the application of our approach gives hydration pressure parameters that agree very well with the values obtained with the osmotic stress method.
authors.affiliation: Departement Chemie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium. Helge.Pfeiffer@fys.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Klose
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heremans
mesh_terms: D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine / Q000737:chemistry; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D009997:Osmotic Pressure; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010743:Phospholipids; C028694:1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine