title: Distinct water species confined at the interface of a phospholipid membrane.
abstract: The physics of confined water has stimulated extensive research in recent years, in particular, regarding the role of hydrogen bonding as a significant factor in the observed dynamics. In this work, two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy was employed to investigate the response of the OH moiety of water in phospholipid membrane samples. The results show strong evidence for three distinct hydrogen bonding motifs (H2O with zero, one, or both OH moieties hydrogen bonded), whose relative proportions at the membrane interface are estimated.
authors.affiliation: European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Via Nello Carrara 1, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
authors.forename: Victor V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Volkov
authors.forename: D Jason
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Righini
mesh_terms: D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008566:Membranes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010743:Phospholipids; D014867:Water