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Table 2 Melting temperature and bilayer fluidity determined by fluorescence anisotropy of diphenylhexatriene (DPH).

From: Hydrophobic silver nanoparticles trapped in lipid bilayers: Size distribution, bilayer phase behavior, and optical properties

DPPC/AgNP

<r>a

Meltinga, b

[w/w]

mg AgNP/L

30°C

50°C

[°C]

control

0

0.337

0.125

41.0

734:1

1

0.324

0.102

40.7

147:1

5

0.318

0.102

40.7

73:1

10

0.320

0.129

41.0

15:1

50

0.300

0.108

40.5

2:1

500

0.292

0.114

39.5

1:1

1000

0.267

0.104

39.0

  1. aIncreasing temperature run.
  2. bDetermined graphically from the transition midpoint.
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