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15982057

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-28
pubmed:abstractText
We report on a spreading behavior of phospholipid membranes that arise from a lump of phospholipid (a lipid source) on topographically patterned substrates immersed in an aqueous solution. Microgrooves with well-defined shapes were prepared on Si111 surfaces by anisotropic etching in an alkaline solution. A spreading front that consists of membrane lobes and a single lipid bilayer was observed on the patterned silicon substrates by utilizing fluorescence interference contrast (FLIC) microscopy. FLIC images indicate that the membrane lobes span the microgrooves, while the underlying single lipid bilayer spread along the surface of the microgrooves. In fact, fluorescent polystyrene nanoparticles could be encapsulated in the microgrooves that were completely covered with the membrane lobes. The groove-spanning behavior of membrane lobes is discussed in terms of a balance between adhesion and bending energies of lipid bilayers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0743-7463
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6487-94
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Groove-spanning behavior of lipid membranes on microfabricated silicon substrates.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Applied Physics, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. knjsuzuki@riken.go.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article