Title: Ursula A' PerezSalas, Susan Krueger, Charles F' Majkrzak, Norman F' Berk
1Neutron Reflectometry Characterization of
Planar Soft-Supported Membrane-Mimetic Films
Ursula A. Perez-Salas, Susan Krueger, Charles F.
Majkrzak, Norman F. Berk NIST Keith M. Faucher,
Elliot L. Chaikof, M.D., Ph.D. Department of
Surgery Emory University School of Medicine
2Membrane-Mimetic Water filled Soft Support Planar
Substrate
3Membrane-Mimetic Water filled Soft Support Planar
Substrate
Soft-Supported Membrane-Mimetic system
Simplify and Clarify Biological Systems
Biosensors
Biofunctional Coatings Artificial Organs and
Implanted Medical Devices
4Polymeric-Phospholipid Monolayer Supported by a
Polyelectrolyte Multilayer
Au
Liu H., Faucher K.M., Sun X.-L., Feng J., Johnson
T.L., Orban J.M., Apkarian R.P., Dluhy R.A.,
Chaikof E.L. Langmuir, 2002, 18, p.1332.
5Fabrication of an Alkylated Polyelectrolyte
Multilayer
Poly-L-Lysine (PLL)
Alginate (ALG)
Terpolymer (TER)
PLL
6Vesicle Fusion and In-Situ Photopolymerization of
a Planar Lipid Assembly on an Alkylated
Polyelectrolyte Multilayer
Visible light EY/TEA/VP
7Goal
- Determine the water distribution in the
Polyelectrolyte - TerpolymerPhospholipid system
- 2) Infer if there is a single monolayer of
Phospholipid over the - Polyelectrolyte Terpolymer layers
8- Neutron Reflectivity Measurements
- NG1 vertical stage Reflectometer at the NCNR at
the NIST - q range 0.01 to 0.3 Å-1
- - samples inside a humidity chamber 92
- - two humid atmospheres used
- a)100 D2O
- b) 50 D2O and 50 H2O
- - temperature set to approximately 20C
9Measure
10Measure
Surround Variation Method
Berk N.F., Majkrzak C.F. J. Phys. Soc. Jpn.,
1996, 65, p.81 Majkrzak C.F., Berk N.F. Phys.
Rev. B., 1998, 58, p.15416 Majkrzak C.F. Acta
Phys. Pol. A., 1999, 96, p.81 Majkrzak C.F., Berk
N.F.,Silin V., Meuse C.W. Phys. B., 2000, 283,
p.248
11Polyelectrolyte Terpolymer Phospholipid dry
Paramteric B-Splines fitting procedure
Majkrzak C.F., Berk N.F. Phys. Rev. B., 1995, 52,
p.10827
1292 D2O humidity
Scattering length density (x10-6Å-2)
PE
Au
Z (Å)
1392 D2O humidity
Terpolymer
Scattering length density (x10-6Å-2)
PE
Au
Z (Å)
1492 D2O humidity
Terpolymer Phospholipid
Scattering length density (x10-6Å-2)
PE
Au
Z (Å)
15Polyelectrolyte Terpolymer Phospholipid
dry
Terpolymer Phospholipid
Scattering length density (x10-6Å-2)
PE
Au
Z (Å)
16Polyelectrolyte Terpolymer Phospholipid
dry
D2O
Terpolymer Phospholipid
H2O/D2O
Scattering length density (x10-6Å-2)
PE
Au
Z (Å)
17Polyelectrolyte Terpolymer Phospholipid
dry
D2O
18Water Distribution in Polyelectrolyte
Terpolymer Phospholipid layer
Terpolymer Phospholipid
PE
Au
Z (Å)
19Conclusion
- PETerpolymerphospholipid supported
membrane-mimetic shows 40 water content in the
cushion (PE) layer under humid conditions - Because fusing phospholipid vesicles onto the
PETerpolymer film does not change the thickness
of the film significantly it can be inferred that
a membrane monolayer was formed.
20Future Work
- Study all three films, ie, polyelectrolyte film,
polyelectrolyte plus terpolymer film and
polyelectrolyte plus terpolymer plus crosslinked
PC film completely hydrated in D2O and in a
50/50 D2O/H2O mixture. - Fuse deuterated lipid vesicles on to the
polyelectrolyte plus terpolymer film while
completely hydrated. - Get a crosslinkable deuterated phospholipid
- Measure biologically active surfaces.
21Acknowledgements
Anne Plant John T. Elliot Vitalii
Silin Biotechnology Division NIST