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On the mechanism and voltage sensitivity of voltage-sensitive second harmonic probes: A case study of FM4-64

2026

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ions in the solution leads to a change in the number of adsorbed probe molecules, which can be quantified for zwitterionic lipids. Because variations in the orientational distribution and surface number density due to different lipid compositions and ionic environment result in widely different SH responses, these factors must be accounted for when interpreting SH signals from voltage-sensitive probes.

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