Dimethylamino-6-lauroylnaphthalene (Laurdan) is a membrane probe of recent
characterization, which shows high sensitivity to the polarity of its environment. Steady-state …

The organization of lipids surrounding membrane proteins can influence their properties. We
have used 6-dodecanoyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene (Laurdan) to study phase …

The sensitivity of Laurdan (6-dodecanoyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene) excitation and
emission spectra to the physical state of the membrane arises from dipolar relaxation …

Coexisting gel and liquid-crystalline phospholipid phase domains can be observed in
synthetic phospholipid vesicles during the transition from one phase to the other and, in …

Laurdan is a fluorescent probe that detects changes in membrane phase properties through
its sensitivity to the polarity of its environment in the bilayer. Variations in membrane water …

Steady‐state and dynamic fluorescence properties of 6‐lauroyl‐2‐
dimethylaminonaphthalene (Laurdan) have been used to ascertain the coexistence of …

Fluorescence spectral features of 6-propionyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene (Prodan) in
phospholipid vesicles of different phase states are investigated. Like the spectra of 6-lauroyl …

Conspectus Any chemist studying the interaction of molecules with lipid assemblies will
eventually be confronted by the topic of membrane bilayer heterogeneity and may ultimately …

The fluorescence generalized polarization (GP) of 2-dimethylamino-6-lauroylnaphthalene
(Laurdan) reveals different effects of cholesterol on the phase behavior of phospholipid …

The effect of cholesterol on the gel, the liquid-crystalline, and mixed phospholipid phases
has been studied using the fluorescence properties of 2-dimethylamino-6 …