We have carried out a H1 nuclear magnetic resonance line shape analysis near the irreversible interdigitated-to-noninterdigitated chain configurational phase transition in decylammonium chloride (C10H21NH3Cl), a model biomembrane. The splitting parameter corresponding to the nematic order of the hydrocarbon chain shows a two-dimensional Ising behavior and indicates a chain defect motion in addition to the chain reorientational motion. The origin of the low-frequency critical fluctuation is attributed to a critical slowing down of the collective gear-like reorientation of the rigid hydrocarbon chain.

Topics
Phase transitions, Nuclear magnetic resonance, Biological membranes
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