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FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND MICROSCOPY: METHODS AND PROTOCOLS

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    SYSNO ASEP0506914
    Document TypeM - Monograph Chapter
    R&D Document TypeMonograph Chapter
    TitleZ-Scan Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy as a Tool for Diffusion Measurements in Planar Lipid Membranes
    Author(s) Steinberger, T. (CZ)
    Macháň, Radek (UFCH-W)
    Hof, Martin (UFCH-W) RID, ORCID
    Source TitleFLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND MICROSCOPY: METHODS AND PROTOCOLS, Methods and Protocols. - Totowa : HUMANA PRESS INC, 2014 / Engelborghs Y. ; Visser A.J.W.G. - ISSN 1064-3745 - ISBN 978-1-62703-648-1
    Pagesroč. 1076 (2014), s. 617-634
    SeriesMethods in Molecular Biology
    Number of pages18 s.
    Number of pages817
    Publication formPrint - P
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    Keywordslifetime correlation spectroscopy ; optical saturation ; continuous-wave ; bilayers ; coefficients ; accuracy ; systems ; model ; mica
    Subject RIVCF - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry
    OECD categoryPhysical chemistry
    R&D ProjectsGAP208/10/0376 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Institutional supportUFCH-W - RVO:61388955
    UT WOS000328374800029
    EID SCOPUS84934443471
    DOI10.1007/978-1-62703-649-8_28
    AnnotationStudies of lateral diffusion are used for the characterization of the dynamics of biological membranes. One of the techniques that can be used for this purpose is fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), which belongs to the single-molecule techniques. Unfortunately, FCS measurements, when performed in planar lipid systems, are associated with a few sources of inaccuracy in the determination of the lateral diffusion coefficient. The main problems are related to the imperfect positioning of the laser focus relative to the plane of the sample. Another source of inaccuracy is the requirement for external calibration of the detection volume size. This protocol introduces a calibration-free method called Z-scan fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (Z-scan FCS), which is based on the determination of the diffusion time and particle number in steps along the optical (z-) axis by sequential FCS measurements. Z-scan FCS could be employed for diffusion measurements in planar membrane model systems-supported phospholipid bilayers (SPBs) and giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) and also in biological membranes. A result from measurements in SPBs is also presented in the protocol as a principle example of the Z-scan technique.
    WorkplaceJ. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry
    ContactMichaela Knapová, michaela.knapova@jh-inst.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 196
    Year of Publishing2020
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