Bilayer lipid membranes from falling droplets
Zagnoni, Michele, Sandison, Mairi E., Marius, Phedra and Morgan, Hywel (2009) Bilayer lipid membranes from falling droplets. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 393, 1601-1605.
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Description/Abstract
We describe a system that provides a rapid and simple way of forming suspended lipid bilayers within a microfluidic platform from an aqueous droplet. Bilayer lipid membranes are created in a polymeric device by contacting monolayers formed at a two-phase liquid-liquid interface. Microdroplets, containing membrane proteins, are injected onto an electrode positioned above an aperture machined through a conical cavity that is filled with a lipid-alkane solution. The formation of the BLM depends solely on the device geometry and leads to spontaneous formation of lipid bilayers simply by dispensing droplets of buffer. When an aqueous droplet containing transmembrane proteins or proteoliposomes is injected, straightforward electrophysiology measurements are possible. This method is suitable for incorporation into lab-on-a-chip devices and allows for buffer exchange and electrical measurements.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Imported from ISI Web of Science |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Physical and Applied Science > Electronics and Computer Science > NANO |
| Item ID: | 269924 |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2010 07:46 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:44 |
| Contributors: | Zagnoni, Michele (Author) Sandison, Mairi E. (Author) Marius, Phedra (Author) Morgan, Hywel (Author) |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Additional Information: | Imported from ISI Web of Science |
| Status: | Unpublished |
| Further Information: | Google Scholar |
| ISI Citation Count: | 9 |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/269924 |
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