Abstract
We report the luminescence and spectral properties of a phospholipid analogue containing a long-lifetime luminescent rhenium metal-ligand complex (MLC) covalently linked to the amino group of phosphatidyl ethanolamine. When incorporated into synthetic membranes, this lipid probe displays intensity decay times near 3 μs. Importantly, the probe displays highly polarized emission with a maximal fundamental anisotropy of 0.33. This probe is expected to have numerous applications for studies of microsecond diffusion and dynamics of membranes. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-9 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Chemistry and Physics of Lipids |
Volume | 99 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1999 |
Keywords
- Long-lifetime lipid
- Membrane dynamics
- Rhenium metal-ligand complex