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Inside Cover: A Simple Quantitative Method to Study Protein–Lipopolysaccharide Interactions by Using Liquid Crystals (ChemPhysChem 4/2015)
Author(s) -
Das Dibyendu,
Sidiq Sumyra,
Pal Santanu Kumar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201590018
Subject(s) - aqueous solution , cover (algebra) , tilt (camera) , chemistry , liquid crystal , lipopolysaccharide , chromatography , crystallography , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , organic chemistry , biology , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , optoelectronics , engineering
The cover image illustrates the continuous change in the optical appearance of a thin film of liquid crystals (LC) at a lipopolysaccharides (LPS)‐laden aqueous–LC interface following exposure to an aqueous solution of different proteins. The gradual increase in tilt angle ( θ ) values of the LC is in accordance with the greater binding affinity of the proteins to LPS, as described on p. 753 by S. K. Pal et al., IISER Mohali.