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Lipid Bilayer Patterns Fabrication by One-Photon Lithography

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Chemical and Synthetic Approaches in Membrane Biology

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In the last decade, there has been an increasing interest in patterning surfaces with supported lipid bilayers. The ability of this system to control molecular composition and mobility of this system at micro- and nanoscales have inspired several new routes of biological and biotechnological investigation. Successes in this field include the development of photolithographic and soft lithography techniques which allow the printing of a variety of biomolecules on different substrates. Here, we describe a simple, flexible, and inexpensive protocol for the generation of lipid bilayer micropatterns based on one-photon lithography and microcontact printing (μCP).

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  1. Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra (INIMEC), CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Friuli 2434, CC389, Córdoba, Argentina

    M. Florencia Sánchez

  2. Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra (INIMEC) and FCEFyN, CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Friuli 2434, CC389, Córdoba, Argentina

    Dolores C. Carrer

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Sánchez, M.F., Carrer, D.C. (2016). Lipid Bilayer Patterns Fabrication by One-Photon Lithography. In: Shukla, A. (eds) Chemical and Synthetic Approaches in Membrane Biology. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/8623_2016_6

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