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Chemical Communications

Studying the effects of asymmetry on the bending rigidity of lipid membranes formed by microfluidics†

K. Karamdad,ab   R. V. Law,ab   J. M. Seddon,ab   N. J. Brooksab  and  O. Ces*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, UK
E-mail: o.ces@imperial.ac.uk

b Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London, UK

Abstract

In this article we detail a robust high-throughput microfluidic platform capable of fabricating either symmetric or asymmetric giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) and characterise the mechanical properties of their membranes.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC10307J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Dec 2015
Accepted
10 Mar 2016
First published
11 Mar 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 5277-5280

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Studying the effects of asymmetry on the bending rigidity of lipid membranes formed by microfluidics

K. Karamdad, R. V. Law, J. M. Seddon, N. J. Brooks and O. Ces, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 5277 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC10307J

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