Shaped apertures in photoresist films enhance the lifetime and mechanical stability of suspended lipid bilayers

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1650-1659

  Kalsi, Sumit ^a   Powl, Andrew M ^b   Wallace, B A ^b   Morgan, Hywel ^a   De Planque, Maurits R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2-OLEOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; 1-PALMITOYL-2-OLEOYLGLYCERO-3-PHOSPHOGLYCEROL; ALAMETHICIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EPOXIDE; LIPID BILAYER; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROKARYOTIC POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALAMETHICIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 84898862640     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.02.033     Document Type: Article

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