A microfluidic approach for high-throughput droplet interface bilayer (DIB) formation
Author(s) -
Claire E. Stanley,
Katherine S. Elvira,
Xize Niu,
Antony D. Gee,
Oscar Ces,
Joshua B. Edel,
Andrew J. deMello
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemical communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.837
H-Index - 333
eISSN - 1364-548X
pISSN - 1359-7345
DOI - 10.1039/b924897h
Subject(s) - microfluidics , throughput , bilayer , interface (matter) , flexibility (engineering) , nanotechnology , lipid bilayer , phosphocholine , materials science , chemistry , computer science , pulmonary surfactant , membrane , phospholipid , phosphatidylcholine , biochemistry , gibbs isotherm , statistics , mathematics , wireless , telecommunications
We present a simple, automated method for high-throughput formation of droplet interface bilayers (DIBs) in a microfluidic device. We can form complex DIB networks that are able to fill predefined three dimensional architectures. Moreover, we demonstrate the flexibility of the system by using a variety of lipids including 1,2-diphytanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPhPC) and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC).
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