Research Article

Hydration Water Freezing in Single Supported Lipid Bilayers

Table 1

Neutron detectors (D1–D16), corresponding center q||-value, length scales, and type of scattering and motion detected. The lipid acyl chain correlation peak is centered q|| ~1.5  Å 1 . The hydration water correlation peak was reported at q|| = 1.85  Å 1 [9, 10, 15].

Detectorq|| ( Å 1 )Lateral distance (Å)Dominant scatteringMotion detected

D10.2525Coherent small angle scattering
D20.3617
D30.4713
D40.5611
D50.6210
D60.758
D70.877IncoherentLipid diffusion
D80.996.3
D91.115.7
D101.225.2
D111.324.8
D121.424.4
D131.514.2Lipid tail correlation peakLipid tail dynamics
D141.603.9
D151.683.7
D161.753.6Hydration water correlation peakHydration water dynamics