Droplet networks with incorporated protein diodes show collective properties

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 437-440

  Maglia, Giovanni ^a   Heron, Andrew J ^a   Hwang, William L ^b   Holden, Matthew A ^c   Mikhailova, Ellina ^a   Li, Qiuhong ^a   Cheley, Stephen ^a   Bayley, Hagan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; DROPS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; PROTEINS; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS;

AQUEOUS DROPLETS; ASYMMETRIC BILAYERS; COLLECTIVE PROPERTIES; DROPLET INTERFACE BILAYERS; FULL-WAVE RECTIFIERS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; HALF-WAVE RECTIFIERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

LIPID BILAYERS;

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; LIPID; OIL;

ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVICE; DIODE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ION CURRENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 67651236466     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.121     Document Type: Article

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