Raman spectroscopy of magnetoliposomes

In this study Raman spectroscopy was used to investigate monolayer and bilayer magnetite-based magnetoliposomes (MLs). The Raman probe is the hydroxyl (OH) group chemisorbed at the magnetite nanoparticle surface. Measurements were performed at room temperature in the typical OH stretching region. The data gathered for both samples are compared to each other and with those obtained for pure water. In comparison to liquid water (2.74 kcal/ mol), it was found that the hydrogen bond strength between the chemisorbed OH-group and the polar headgroup of the inner phospholipid layer was reduced in both the monolayer (2.22 kcal/mol) and the bilayer (1.83 kcal/mol) ML samples. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.