Water as a link between membrane and colloidal theories for cells

EA Disalvo, AS Rosa, JP Cejas, MA Frias - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review is an attempt to incorporate water as a structural and thermodynamic component
of biomembranes. With this purpose, the consideration of the membrane interphase as a …

Dehydration induced dynamical heterogeneity and ordering mechanism of lipid bilayers

S Malik, A Debnath - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Understanding the influence of dehydration on the membrane structure is crucial to control
membrane functionality related to domain formation and cell fusion under anhydrobiosis …

A comparative study on DMSO-induced modulation of the structural and dynamical properties of model bilayer membranes

S Kundu, S Malik, M Ghosh, S Nandi, A Pyne… - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Modulating the structures and properties of biomembranes via permeation of small
amphiphilic molecules is immensely important, having diverse applications in cell biology …

Relaxation time scales of interfacial water upon fluid to ripple to gel phase transitions of bilayers

S Malik, S Karmakar, A Debnath - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The slow relaxation of interface water (IW) across three primary phases of membranes is
relevant to understand the influence of IW on membrane functions at supercooled …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying dynamical heterogeneity length scales of interface water across model membrane phase transitions

S Malik, S Karmakar, A Debnath - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
All-atom molecular dynamics simulations of 1, 2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
lipid membranes reveal a drastic growth in the heterogeneity length scales of interface water …

The Structural and Dynamical Properties of the Hydration of SNase Based on a Molecular Dynamics Simulation

H Liu, S Xiang, H Zhu, L Li - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The dynamics of protein–water fluctuations are of biological significance. Molecular
dynamics simulations were performed in order to explore the hydration dynamics of …

Structural changes of interfacial water upon fluid-ripple-gel phase transitions of bilayers

S Malik, A Debnath - Chemical Physics Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
All atom molecular dynamics simulations of fully hydrated dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine
lipid bilayers are performed for total 9.45 μs showing a fluid to a ripple to a gel phase …

Unraveling relationship between complex lifetimes and microscopic diffusion in deep eutectic solvents

T Rinesh, H Srinivasan, VK Sharma… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Aqueous mixtures of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have emerged as a subject of interest in
recent years for their tailored physicochemical properties. However, a comprehensive …

Influence of dimethyl sulfoxide on membrane fluidity under rapid supercooling

S Sahu, P Dutta, A Debnath - The European Physical Journal Special …, 2024 - Springer
The effect of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) on a model 1, 2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-
phosphocholine lipid membrane is investigated during a rapid supercooling from 350 to 250 …