Issue 15, 2011

Microfluidic lipid membrane formation on microchamber arrays

Abstract

We present a simple method to form free-standing lipid membranes on arrayed microchambers (>100). The formed membranes are perpendicular to an imaging plane with control of solute concentration on each side of the membranes. This platform let us quantitatively detect membrane transport of non-charged fluorescent molecules, induced by membrane proteins.

Graphical abstract: Microfluidic lipid membrane formation on microchamber arrays

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Apr 2011
Accepted
03 Jun 2011
First published
24 Jun 2011

Lab Chip, 2011,11, 2485-2487

Microfluidic lipid membrane formation on microchamber arrays

S. Ota, H. Suzuki and S. Takeuchi, Lab Chip, 2011, 11, 2485 DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20334G

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