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@article{Elani:2012:10.1039/c2lc40287d,
author = {Elani, Y and deMello, AJ and Niu, X and Ces, O},
doi = {10.1039/c2lc40287d},
journal = {Lab on a Chip},
pages = {3514--3520},
title = {Novel technologies for the formation of 2-D and 3-D droplet interface bilayer networks},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2lc40287d},
volume = {12},
year = {2012}
}
TY - JOUR
AB - Droplet interface bilayer (DIB) networks have vast potential in the field of membrane biophysics,synthetic biology, and functional bio-electronics. However a technological bottleneck exists innetwork fabrication: existing methods are limited in terms of their automation, throughput,versatility, and ability to form well-defined 3-D networks. We have developed a series of novel andlow-cost methodologies which address these limitations. The first involves building DIB networksaround the contours of a microfluidic chip. The second uses flow rate and droplet size control toinfluence droplet packing geometries within a microfluidic chamber. The latter method enables thecontrolled formation of various 3-D network arrays consisting of thousands of interconnectedsymmetric and asymmetric lipid bilayers for the first time. Both approaches allow individual dropletposition and composition to be controlled, paving the way for complex on-chip functional networksynthesis.
AU - Elani,Y
AU - deMello,AJ
AU - Niu,X
AU - Ces,O
DO - 10.1039/c2lc40287d
EP - 3520
PY - 2012///
SN - 1473-0197
SP - 3514
TI - Novel technologies for the formation of 2-D and 3-D droplet interface bilayer networks
T2 - Lab on a Chip
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c2lc40287d
VL - 12
ER -
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