Communications Materials (Jul 2020)

Fluctuation X-ray diffraction reveals three-dimensional nanostructure and disorder in self-assembled lipid phases

  • Andrew V. Martin,
  • Alexander Kozlov,
  • Peter Berntsen,
  • Francisco Gian Roque,
  • Leonie Flueckiger,
  • Saumitra Saha,
  • Tamar L. Greaves,
  • Charlotte E. Conn,
  • Adrian M. Hawley,
  • Timothy M. Ryan,
  • Brian Abbey,
  • Connie Darmanin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-0044-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Emergent nanoscale order in organic materials is typically characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering. Here, angular fluctuations in the diffraction patterns are used to probe the 3D structure of self-assembled lipid membranes, revealing previously inaccessible details on the phase geometry.