Optically assembled droplet interface bilayer (OptiDIB) networks from cell-sized microdroplets
journal contribution
posted on 2016-12-15, 13:59 authored by Mark S. Friddin, Guido Bolognesi, Yuval Elani, Nicholas J. Brooks, Robert V. Law, John M. Seddon, Mark A.A. Neil, Oscar CesWe report a new platform technology to systematically assemble droplet interface bilayer (DIB) networks in user-defined 3D architectures from cell-sized droplets using optical tweezers. Our OptiDIB platform is the first demonstration of optical trapping to precisely construct 3D DIB networks, paving the way for the development of a new generation of modular bio-systems.
Funding
This work was supported by the EPSRC via grants EP/J017566/1, EP/K038648/1, EP/K503733/1 and by an EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship awarded to YE.
History
School
- Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering
Department
- Chemical Engineering
Published in
Soft MatterVolume
12Issue
37Pages
7731 - 7734Citation
FRIDDIN, M.S. ... et al, 2016. Optically assembled droplet interface bilayer (OptiDIB) networks from cell-sized microdroplets. Soft Matter, 12 (37), pp. 7731 - 7734.Publisher
Royal Society of ChemistryVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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2016Notes
This is an open access article published by the Royal Society of Chemistry and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 3.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ISSN
1744-683XeISSN
1744-6848Publisher version
Language
- en
