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. 1994 May;66(5):1505–1514. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(94)80941-5

Pressure-induced correlation field splitting of vibrational modes: structural and dynamic properties in lipid bilayers and biomembranes.

P T Wong 1
PMCID: PMC1275870  PMID: 8061199

Abstract

Correlation field splittings of the vibrational modes of methylene chains in lipid bilayers, isolated lipid molecules in perdeuterated lipid bilayers, crystalline lipid, and interdigitated lipid bilayers have been investigated by pressure-tuning Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The correlation field splittings of these modes are originating from the vibrational coupling interactions between the fully extended methylene chains with different site symmetry along each bilayer leaflet. The interchain-interactions of the methylene chains with the same site symmetry only contribute to frequency shift of the vibrational modes. The magnitude of the correlation field splitting is a measure of the strength of the interchain-interactions, and the relative intensities of the correlation field component bands provide information concerning the relative orientation of the zig-zag planes of the interacting methylene chains. It has been demonstrated in the present work that the correlation field splitting of the CH2 bending and rocking modes commonly observed in the vibrational spectra of lipid bilayers is the result of the intermolecular interchain-interactions among the methylene chains of the neighboring molecules. The intramolecular interchain-interactions between the sn-1 and sn-2 methylene chains within each molecule are weak. The correlation field splitting resulting from the intramolecular interchain-interactions exhibits a much smaller magnitude than that from the intermolecular interchain-interactions and is observed only at very high pressure. Interdigitation of the opposing bilayer leaflets disturbs significantly the intermolecular interchain-interactions and results in dramatic changes in the pressure profiles of the correlation field component bands of both the CH2 bending and rocking modes. The relative intensities of the correlation field component bands of these modes and the magnitude of the splitting are also altered significantly. These results provide further evidence that the correlation field splitting of the CH2 bending and rocking modes in the vibrational spectra of lipid bilayers is due to the intermolecular interchain-interactions. The present work has also demonstrated that the correlation field splitting of the vibrational modes in lipid bilayers is mainly contributed by the intermolecular interchain-interactions among the nearest neighboring molecules and that the long-range correlation interactions beyond the second neighboring molecules are insignificant.

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