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Self-spreading Lipid Bilayer as Nanofluidic Medium for Micro- and Nanostructured Biosurface Fabrication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Kazuaki Furukawa  and
Yoshiaki Kashimura
Kazuaki Furukawa
Affiliation:
furukawa@nttbrl.jp
Yoshiaki Kashimura
Affiliation:
kasimura@nttbrl.jp, NTT Basic Research Laboratories, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
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Abstract

We report on the phenomenology and kinetics of a self-spreading supported lipid bilayer (SLB) on a patterned surface. Analyses of our experiments provided two findings. One is that the self-spreading velocity increased when the SLB reached the inlet of the line patterns. This capillary effect-like behavior indicates an additional attractive interaction for SLB spreading in the line patterns. The other is that the front edge is always normal to the spreading direction even for curving lines. This can be attributed to the line tension at the spreading front edge.

Keywords

self-assemblyliquid crystalfluidics
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1236: Symposium SS – Biosurfaces and Biointerfaces , 2009 , 1236-SS03-03
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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