Biomimetic membranes and biomolecule immobilisation strategies for nanobiotechnology applications

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4-8, 2010, Pages 753-780

  Girard Egrot, Agnes P ^a   Marquette, Christophe A ^a   Blum, Loïc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Biochip; Biomimetic membrane; Langmuir blodgett film; Lipid bilayer; Microarray

Indexed keywords

BIOCHIPS; BIOMIMETICS; BIOMOLECULES; CYTOLOGY; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; MACROMOLECULES; MICROARRAYS; MICROCHANNELS; MONOLAYERS; PROTEINS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

AIR/WATER INTERFACES; AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULES; BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANE; BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR SELF ASSEMBLY; NON-CONVENTIONAL METHODS; SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES; SURFACE FUNCTIONALISATION;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 77649156792     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2010.031743     Document Type: Article

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