Aghdaei, Sara and Sandison, Mairi E. and Zagnoni, Michele and Green, Nicolas G. and Morgan, Hywel (2008) Formation of artificial lipid bilayers using droplet dielectrophoresis. Lab on a Chip, 8 (10). 1617–1620. ISSN 1473-0197
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We describe the formation of artificial bilayer lipid membranes (BLMs) by the controlled, electrical manipulation of aqueous droplets immersed in a lipid–alkane solution. Droplet movement was generated using dielectrophoresis on planar microelectrodes covered in a thin insulator. Droplets, surrounded by lipid monolayers, were brought into contact and spontaneously formed a BLM. The method produced BLMs suitable for single-channel recording of membrane protein activity and the technique can be extended to create programmable BLM arrays and networks.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 29052 |
| Keywords: | droplet movement , artificial lipid bilayers, lipid bilayers , droplets, Bioengineering |
| Subjects: | Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Bioengineering |
| Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
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| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2011 10:20 |
| Last modified: | 11 Jan 2013 15:08 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/29052 |
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