Microfluidic lipid membrane formation on microchamber arrays

Lab Chip. 2011 Aug 7;11(15):2485-7. doi: 10.1039/c1lc20334g. Epub 2011 Jun 24.

Abstract

We present a simple method to form free-standing lipid membranes on arrayed microchambers (>100). The formed membranes are perpendicular to an imaging plane with control of solute concentration on each side of the membranes. This platform let us quantitatively detect membrane transport of non-charged fluorescent molecules, induced by membrane proteins.

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport / physiology
  • Lipids / chemistry*
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Membranes, Artificial*
  • Microarray Analysis / instrumentation*
  • Microarray Analysis / methods*

Substances

  • Lipids
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Membranes, Artificial