Real-time video of the thermal behaviour of a phospholipid bilayer film

Optical microscopy characterization of real-time thermal behaviour of Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) nanometric film (5 to 6nm). The phospholipid bilayer is spin-coated on a Surf (new generation of optical slide provided by Nanolane) from chloroform solution. By heating the surface up to 50°C, the phospholipids spread out in layers. The spreading kinetics can be easily followed by sequential acquisition. A 3D representation of spreading can also be obtained.
Sourrce: http://www.nano-lane.com.

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Science & Technology

Tags:

• nanolane
• nanometer
• phospholipid
• bilayer
• film
• optical
• characterization
• application
• visualization
• intercation
• spreading
• surface
• in
• situ
• non
• contact
• microscopy
• lipid
• molecule