Giant vesicle fusion on microelectrodes fabricated by femtosecond laser ablation followed by synchrotron radiation etching

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 37-41, 2005, Pages

  Rahman, Md Mashiur ^a   Nonogaki, Youichi ^a,b   Tero, Ryugo ^b   Kim, Yong Hoon ^a   Uno, Hidetaka ^b   Zhang, Zheng Long ^a   Yano, Takayuki ^b   Aoyama, Masaki ^b   Sasaki, Ryuichiro ^c   Nagai, Hiroyuki ^c   Yoshida, Makoto ^c   Urisu, Tsuneo ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c AISIN SEIKI CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giant vesicle; Gigaohm seal; Lipid bilayer; Silicon; Silicon dioxides; Vesicle fusion

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ETCHING; FLUORESCENCE; LIPIDS; MICROELECTRODES; SILICA; SILICON; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

GIANT VESICLE; GIGAOHM SEAL; LIPID BILAYER; VESICLE FUSION;

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 32044445816     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.44.L1207     Document Type: Article

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