%0 Journal Article
%T Specific Far Infrared Spectroscopic Properties of Phospholipids
%A Ruth Hielscher
%A Petra Hellwig
%J Spectroscopy: An International Journal
%D 2012
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2012/279650
%X We describe the specific spectral signature of different phospholipids and sphingolipids in the far infrared. Three specific spectral domains have been found: the head group contributions (600 and 480 cm−1); the modes of the torsion motion of the hydrocarbon chains and of the skeleton vibration (460 to 180 cm−1); and the hydrogen-bonding continuum (below 300 cm−1). Marker bands for individual phospholipids are distinguished.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/journals/spectroscopy/2012/279650/