S. M. Gruner

Publication List Details

Period

1985 - 2007

Number

50

Co-Authors

x-ray (2007)

S. L. Barna, J. A. Shepherd, R. L. Wixted, M. W. Tate, B. Rodricks, S. M. Gruner

Development of a fast pixel array detector for use in microsecond timeresolved

Imaging density disturbances in water with 41.3 attosecond time resolution (2003)

Abbamonte, P., Finkelstein, K. D., Collins, M. D., Gruner, S. M.

We show that the momentum flexibility of inelastic x-ray scattering may be exploited to invert its loss function, alowing real time imaging of density disturbances in a medium. We show the...

Synthesis and characterization of amphiphilic poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(hexyl methacrylate) copolymers (2003)

Mahajan,S., Renker,S., Simon,P. F. W., Gutmann,Jochen S., Jain,A., Gruner,S. M., ...

We describe the preparation of amphiphilic diblock copolymers made of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(hexyl methacrylate) (PHMA) synthesized by anionic polymerization of ethylene oxide and...

The plumber's nightmare: A new morphology in block copolymer-ceramic nanocomposites and mesoporous aluminosilicates (2003)

Finnefrock,A. C., Ulrich,R., Toombes,G. E. S., Gruner,S. M., Wiesner,U.

A novel cubic bicontinuous morphology is found in polymer-ceramic nanocomposites and mesoporous alum inosilicates that are derived by an amphiphilic diblock copolymer, poly(isoprene-b-ethylene oxide)...

Synthesis and characterization of amphiphilic poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(hexyl methacrylate) copolymers (2003)

Mahajan, S., Renker, S., Simon, P. F. W., Gutmann, Jochen S., Jain, A., Gruner, S. M., ...

We describe the preparation of amphiphilic diblock copolymers made of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(hexyl methacrylate) (PHMA) synthesized by anionic polymerization of ethylene oxide and...

The plumber's nightmare: A new morphology in block copolymer-ceramic nanocomposites and mesoporous aluminosilicates (2003)

Finnefrock, A. C., Ulrich, R., Toombes, G. E. S., Gruner, S. M., Wiesner, U.

A novel cubic bicontinuous morphology is found in polymer-ceramic nanocomposites and mesoporous alum inosilicates that are derived by an amphiphilic diblock copolymer, poly(isoprene-b-ethylene oxide)...

Probability of Alamethicin Conductance States Varies with Nonlamellar Tendency of Bilayer Phospholipids, (1998)

Keller, S. L., Bezrukov, A. M., Gruner, S. M., Tate, M. W., Vodyanoy, I.

With few exceptions (1-3), membrane lipids are usually regarded as a kind of filler or passive solvent for membrane proteins. Yet, cells exquisitely control membrane composition. Many phospholipids...

Pressure Induced Hydration Dynamics of Membranes (1993)

Osterberg, F., Kriechbaum, M., Polcyn, A., Skita, V., Tate, M. W., So, P. T. C., ...

Pressure-jump initiated time-resolved x-ray diffraction studies of dynamics of the hydration of the hexagonal phase in biological membranes show that (i) the relaxation of the unit cell spacing is...

Co-existing lyotropic liquid crystals : commensurate, faceted and co-planar single hexagonal (HII) domains in lamellar photoreceptor membranes (1985)

Gruner, S.M., Rothschild, K.J., Degrip, W.J., Clark, N.A.

The interactions of inverse hexagonal (HII) domains with a host lamellar (Lα) matrix have been investigated in two lyotropic liquid crystals via X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. The...

Lyotropic effects of alkanes and headgroup composition on the lα -Hii lipid liquid crystal phase transition : hydrocarbon packing versus intrinsic curvature (1985)

Kirk, G.L., Gruner, S.M.

The effects of mixed phospholipid headgroup composition and the addition of small amounts of alkane were examined with respect to the lamellar (L α) to inverse hexagonal (HII) phase transition...

Co-existing lyotropic liquid crystals : commensurate, faceted and co-planar single hexagonal (HII) domains in lamellar photoreceptor membranes (1985)

Gruner, S.M., Rothschild, K.J., Degrip, W.J., Clark, N.A.

The interactions of inverse hexagonal (HII) domains with a host lamellar (Lα) matrix have been investigated in two lyotropic liquid crystals via X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. The...

Lyotropic effects of alkanes and headgroup composition on the lα -Hii lipid liquid crystal phase transition : hydrocarbon packing versus intrinsic curvature (1985)

Kirk, G.L., Gruner, S.M.

The effects of mixed phospholipid headgroup composition and the addition of small amounts of alkane were examined with respect to the lamellar (L α) to inverse hexagonal (HII) phase transition...

Co-existing lyotropic liquid crystals : commensurate, faceted and co-planar single hexagonal (HII) domains in lamellar photoreceptor membranes (1985)

Gruner, S.M., Rothschild, K.J., Degrip, W.J., Clark, N.A.

The interactions of inverse hexagonal (HII) domains with a host lamellar (Lα) matrix have been investigated in two lyotropic liquid crystals via X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. The...

Lyotropic effects of alkanes and headgroup composition on the lα -Hii lipid liquid crystal phase transition : hydrocarbon packing versus intrinsic curvature (1985)

Kirk, G.L., Gruner, S.M.

The effects of mixed phospholipid headgroup composition and the addition of small amounts of alkane were examined with respect to the lamellar (L α) to inverse hexagonal (HII) phase transition...

Geometrical aspects of the frustration in the cubic phases of lyotropic liquid crystals.

Anderson, D M, Gruner, S M, Leibler, S

Bicontinuous cubic phases, composed of bilayers arranged in the geometries of periodic minimal surfaces, are found in a variety of different lipid/water systems. It has been suggested recently that...

Unusual lipid structures selectively reduce the toxicity of amphotericin B.

Janoff, A S, Boni, L T, Popescu, M C, Minchey, S R, Cullis, P R, Madden, T D, ...

Ribbon-like structures result when amphotericin B interacts with lipid in an aqueous environment. At high ratios of amphotericin to lipid these structures, which are lipid-stabilized amphotericin...

Intrinsic curvature hypothesis for biomembrane lipid composition: a role for nonbilayer lipids.

Gruner, S M

A rationale is presented for the mix of "bilayer" and "nonbilayer" lipids, which occurs in biomembranes. A theory for the L alpha-HII phase transition and experimental tests of the theory are...

Correlation between lipid plane curvature and lipid chain order.

Lafleur, M, Bloom, M, Eikenberry, E F, Gruner, S M, Han, Y, Cullis, P R

The 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine: 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPE:POPC) system has been investigated by measuring, in the inverted hexagonal (HII) phase, the...

Freezing and melting water in lamellar structures.

Gleeson, J T, Erramilli, S, Gruner, S M

The manner in which ice forms in lamellar suspensions of dielaidoylphosphatidylethanolamine, dielaidoylphosphatidylcholine, and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine in water depends strongly on the water...

Probability of alamethicin conductance states varies with nonlamellar tendency of bilayer phospholipids.

Keller, S L, Bezrukov, S M, Gruner, S M, Tate, M W, Vodyanoy, I, Parsegian, V A

With few exceptions, membrane lipids are usually regarded as a kind of filler or passive solvent for membrane proteins. Yet, cells exquisitely control membrane composition. Many phospholipids found...

Effect of the chirality of the glycerol backbone on the bilayer and nonbilayer phase transitions in the diastereomers of di-dodecyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl glycerol.

Mannock, D A, Lewis, R N, McElhaney, R N, Akiyama, M, Yamada, H, Turner, D C, ...

We have studied the physical properties of aqueous dispersions of 1,2-sn- and 2,3-sn-didodecyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl glycerols, as well as their diastereomeric mixture, using differential scanning...

Enigmatic thermotropic phase behavior of highly asymmetric mixed-chain phosphatidylcholines that form mixed-interdigitated gel phases.

Lewis, R N, McElhaney, R N, Osterberg, F, Gruner, S M

Twelve saturated mixed-chain phosphatidylcholines have been identified for which the thermotropic phase behavior observed upon cooling from the L alpha phase is dependent upon the thermal history of...

Differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction studies of the thermotropic phase behavior of the diastereomeric di-tetradecyl-beta-D-galactosyl glycerols and their mixture.

Mannock, D A, McElhaney, R N, Harper, P E, Gruner, S M

We have investigated the thermotropic phase behavior of aqueous dispersions of the 1,2- and 2,3-di-O-tetradecyl-1(3)-O-(beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-sn- glycerols and their diastereomeric mixture using...

Studies of the thermotropic phase behavior of phosphatidylcholines containing 2-alkyl substituted fatty acyl chains: a new class of phosphatidylcholines forming inverted nonlamellar phases.

Lewis, R N, McElhaney, R N, Harper, P E, Turner, D C, Gruner, S M

We have synthesized a number of 1,2-diacyl phosphatidylcholines with hydrophobic substituents adjacent to the carbonyl group of the fatty acyl chain and studied their thermotropic phase behavior by...

X-ray diffraction structures of some phosphatidylethanolamine lamellar and inverted hexagonal phases.

Harper, P E, Mannock, D A, Lewis, R N, McElhaney, R N, Gruner, S M

X-ray diffraction is used to solve the low-resolution structures of fully hydrated aqueous dispersions of seven different diacyl phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs) whose hydrocarbon chains have the same...

X-ray diffraction and electron microscope study of phase separation in rod outer segment photoreceptor membrane multilayers.

Gruner, S M, Rothschild, K J, Clark, N A

Phase separation in artificially stacked multilayers of isolated bovine retinal rod outer segment (ROS) membranes has been examined via x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. Specimens were...

Geometrical aspects of the frustration in the cubic phases of lyotropic liquid crystals.

Anderson, D M, Gruner, S M, Leibler, S

Bicontinuous cubic phases, composed of bilayers arranged in the geometries of periodic minimal surfaces, are found in a variety of different lipid/water systems. It has been suggested recently that...

Unusual lipid structures selectively reduce the toxicity of amphotericin B.

Janoff, A S, Boni, L T, Popescu, M C, Minchey, S R, Cullis, P R, Madden, T D, ...

Ribbon-like structures result when amphotericin B interacts with lipid in an aqueous environment. At high ratios of amphotericin to lipid these structures, which are lipid-stabilized amphotericin...

Intrinsic curvature hypothesis for biomembrane lipid composition: a role for nonbilayer lipids.

Gruner, S M

A rationale is presented for the mix of "bilayer" and "nonbilayer" lipids, which occurs in biomembranes. A theory for the L alpha-HII phase transition and experimental tests of the theory are...

Correlation between lipid plane curvature and lipid chain order.

Lafleur, M, Bloom, M, Eikenberry, E F, Gruner, S M, Han, Y, Cullis, P R

The 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine: 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPE:POPC) system has been investigated by measuring, in the inverted hexagonal (HII) phase, the...

Freezing and melting water in lamellar structures.

Gleeson, J T, Erramilli, S, Gruner, S M

The manner in which ice forms in lamellar suspensions of dielaidoylphosphatidylethanolamine, dielaidoylphosphatidylcholine, and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine in water depends strongly on the water...

Probability of alamethicin conductance states varies with nonlamellar tendency of bilayer phospholipids.

Keller, S L, Bezrukov, S M, Gruner, S M, Tate, M W, Vodyanoy, I, Parsegian, V A

With few exceptions, membrane lipids are usually regarded as a kind of filler or passive solvent for membrane proteins. Yet, cells exquisitely control membrane composition. Many phospholipids found...

Effect of the chirality of the glycerol backbone on the bilayer and nonbilayer phase transitions in the diastereomers of di-dodecyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl glycerol.

Mannock, D A, Lewis, R N, McElhaney, R N, Akiyama, M, Yamada, H, Turner, D C, ...

We have studied the physical properties of aqueous dispersions of 1,2-sn- and 2,3-sn-didodecyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl glycerols, as well as their diastereomeric mixture, using differential scanning...

Enigmatic thermotropic phase behavior of highly asymmetric mixed-chain phosphatidylcholines that form mixed-interdigitated gel phases.

Lewis, R N, McElhaney, R N, Osterberg, F, Gruner, S M

Twelve saturated mixed-chain phosphatidylcholines have been identified for which the thermotropic phase behavior observed upon cooling from the L alpha phase is dependent upon the thermal history of...

Differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction studies of the thermotropic phase behavior of the diastereomeric di-tetradecyl-beta-D-galactosyl glycerols and their mixture.

Mannock, D A, McElhaney, R N, Harper, P E, Gruner, S M

We have investigated the thermotropic phase behavior of aqueous dispersions of the 1,2- and 2,3-di-O-tetradecyl-1(3)-O-(beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-sn- glycerols and their diastereomeric mixture using...

Studies of the thermotropic phase behavior of phosphatidylcholines containing 2-alkyl substituted fatty acyl chains: a new class of phosphatidylcholines forming inverted nonlamellar phases.

Lewis, R N, McElhaney, R N, Harper, P E, Turner, D C, Gruner, S M

We have synthesized a number of 1,2-diacyl phosphatidylcholines with hydrophobic substituents adjacent to the carbonyl group of the fatty acyl chain and studied their thermotropic phase behavior by...

X-ray diffraction structures of some phosphatidylethanolamine lamellar and inverted hexagonal phases.

Harper, P E, Mannock, D A, Lewis, R N, McElhaney, R N, Gruner, S M

X-ray diffraction is used to solve the low-resolution structures of fully hydrated aqueous dispersions of seven different diacyl phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs) whose hydrocarbon chains have the same...

X-ray diffraction and electron microscope study of phase separation in rod outer segment photoreceptor membrane multilayers.

Gruner, S M, Rothschild, K J, Clark, N A

Phase separation in artificially stacked multilayers of isolated bovine retinal rod outer segment (ROS) membranes has been examined via x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. Specimens were...