Structural studies of the lipid membranes at the Siberia-2 synchrotron radiation source

• Published in: Crystallography reports Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 466 - 472
• Main Authors: Kiselev, M. A., Ermakova, E. V., Ryabova, N. Yu, Nayda, O. V., Zabelin, A. V., Pogorely, D. K., Korneev, V. N., Balagurov, A. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica 01.05.2010
• Subjects: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Crystallography and Scattering Methods; LIPIDS; Liquid Crystals; MEMBRANES; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; SMALL ANGLE SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION SOURCES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; Crystallography Report; Stratum Corneum; Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute; DPPC; Synchrotron Radiation Source
• ISSN: 1063-7745; 1562-689X
• DOI: 10.1134/S106377451003017X

Lipid membranes are a subject of contemporary interdisciplinary studies at the junction of biology, biophysics, pharmacology, and bionanotechnology. The results of the structural studies of several types of lipid membranes by the lamellar and lateral diffraction of X-ray synchrotron radiation are presented. The experiments were performed at the Mediana and DICSI stations of the Siberia-2 synchrotron radiation source at the Russian Research Center Kurchatov Institute. The data obtained are compared with the results of studying lipid membranes at the small-angle scattering beamlines D22 and D24 at LURE (France) and at the A2 beamline at DESY (Germany). The parameters of the DICSI station are shown to meet the basic requirements for the structural study of lipid systems, which are of fundamental and applied interest.