AFM studies of solid-supported lipid bilayers formed at a Au(111) electrode 
surface using vesicle fusion and a combination of Langmuir-Blodgett and 
Langmuir-Schaefer techniques

Li, Ming; Chen, Maohui; Sheepwash, Erin; Brosseau, Christa L.; Li, Hongqiang; Pettinger, Bruno; Gruler, Hans; Lipkowski, Jacek

doi:10.1021/la800800m

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AFM studies of solid-supported lipid bilayers formed at a Au(111) electrode surface using vesicle fusion and a combination of Langmuir-Blodgett and Langmuir-Schaefer techniques

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Pettinger, Bruno
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Li, M., Chen, M., Sheepwash, E., Brosseau, C. L., Li, H., Pettinger, B., et al. (2008). AFM studies of solid-supported lipid bilayers formed at a Au(111) electrode surface using vesicle fusion and a combination of Langmuir-Blodgett and Langmuir-Schaefer techniques. Langmuir, 24(18), 10313-10323. doi:10.1021/la800800m.

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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used to characterize the formation of a phospholipid bilayer composed of 1,2-dimyristyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) at a Au(111) electrode surface. The bilayer was formed by one of two methods: fusion of lamellar vesicles or by the combination of Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) and Langmuir-Schaefer (LS) deposition. Results indicate that phospholipid vesicles rapidly adsorb and fuse to form a film at the electrode surface. The resulting film undergoes a very slow structural transformation until a characteristic corrugated phase is formed. Force−distance curve measurements reveal that the thickness of the corrugated phase is consistent with the thickness of a bilayer lipid membrane. The formation of the corrugated phase may be explained by considering the elastic properties of the film and taking into account spontaneous curvature induced by the asymmetric environment of the bilayer, in which one side faces the gold substrate and the other side faces the solution. The effect of temperature and electrode potential on the stability of the corrugated phase has also been described.