Lipid Bi-Layer formation

A lipid vesicle in solution of distilled water is dropped onto the prepared lipid layer previously deposited on the silicon wafer. Contact between the hydrophilic exterior of the vesicle and the hydrophobic deposited lipid layer cause the vesicle to rupture and the cohesive molecules to realign. The realignment forms a lipid bi-layer similar to a cell wall on top of the silicon wafter.
This technology allows the potential for embedded proteins to act as sensors mimicking a cell wall. This technology is currently in use as disease detectors and electronic blood sugar monitors

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Science & Technology

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• Lipid
• Bi-Layer
• bilayer
• deposit
• silicon
• form
• vesicle
• wafer
• layer
• piranha
• etch
• chemistry
• organic
• lipid
• diabetes
• blood
• sugar
• monitor
• hydrophilic
• water
• engineering
• medical
• biological
• distilled