alcohols were purchased
from Nu-Check Prep., Inc. Alexa Fluor 647 hydrazide was from Thermo
Fisher Scientific. All other chemicals were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich.
All solutions were prepared in ultrapure, deionized water (Synergy
Water Purification System, Merck) and their pH adjusted with sodium
hydroxide using an Orion Star A211 pH meter with pH and ATC probes
from Thermo Scientific (Orion 8157BNUMD). Spray solutions were prepared
by adding the desired amount of lipids to an aqueous solution of 10
mM 8-hydroxypyrene-1,3,6-trisulfonic acid (HPTS) and 0.2 M bicine,
pH 8.0, unless indicated otherwise. Solutions were vortexed for 2
min and tumbled overnight at 20 rpm at room temperature. Landing solutions
were prepared by adding fatty acids and fatty alcohols, at a ratio
of 2:1, to a solution of 0.2 M bicine, pH 8.0. The final lipid concentration
varied depending on the lipids used and was 0.5 mM for 9-hexadecenoic
acid/9-palmitoleyl alcohol (or palmitoleic acid/hexadecenol), 1.0
mM for 9-tetradecenoic acid/9-myristoleyl alcohol (or myristoleic
acid/tetradecenol), and 20 mM for decanoic acid/decanol, unless otherwise
stated. To ensure homogeneity, solutions were vigorously stirred for
10 min before use. Solutions containing decanoic acid and/or decanol
were initially heated to 65 °C to facilitate dissolution.