Formation of artificial lipid bilayers using droplet dielectrophoresis |
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Authors: | Aghdaei Sara Sandison Mairi E Zagnoni Michele Green Nicolas G Morgan Hywel |
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Affiliation: | School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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