Lateral diffusion of phospholipids in artificial cell membranes measured by single shallow NV centers
arXiv:2105.07712
Abstract
We measure diffusion of organic molecules located a few nanometers from the diamond surface. To study molecular diffusion, we perform local detection of nuclear magnetic resonance, based on single shallow Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. Specifically, we demonstrate measurements of translational diffusion coefficient of phospholipids in an artificial cell membrane by employing correlation spectroscopy. An analysis of correlation decay curves using different diffusion models shows, that a simple 2D diffusion model gives satisfactory diffusion coefficients, although the choice of the model affects the extracted numbers. We find significant differences among the diffusion coefficients measured by different single NV centers, which we attribute to local heterogeneities of the lipid layers, likely caused by the supporting diamond substrate.
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