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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"bilayer lipid membrane"”.
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Design, Fabrication, and Validation of Membrane-Based Sensors
… This study looks to develop and characterize a bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) operated artificial hair cell sensor that resembles the stereocilia of the human ear. To develop this sensor, a flexible substrate with internal compartments for hosting the biomolecules and mating cap are constructed …
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Evaluation of natural antioxidants
… hydrophilic and lipophilic antioxidants. This Lipid Peroxidation Inhibition Capacity Assay (LPIC), based on using liposomes to simulate a cell membrane environment, was then used to measure the activity of antioxidants with a broad range of structures. The activities were correlated against log …
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Biological Ion Transporters as Gating Devices for Chemomechanical and Chemoelectrical Energy Conversion
… and protein transporters extracted from cell membranes of plants, that use chemomechanical and chemoelectrical energy conversion processes to perform mechanical and electrical work. The chemomechanical energy conversion concept is implemented in a protein based actuator. The chemical energy is …
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Measurements and Modeling of the Failure Pressure of Bilayer Lipid Membranes
Bilayer lipid membranes (BLMs) are formed from phospholipid molecules which self-assemble into a lipid bilayer with 4 to 9 nm thickness when submerged in an aqueous solution. This is due to their amphiphilic nature, meaning that one part of the molecule is hydrophilic, or attracted to water, and …
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Novel In-Vitro Approaches to Investigate Membrane Partitioning and pH-Dependent Passive Permeation of Small Molecule Drugs
… of drug molecules through biological membranes is a fundamentally important process that involves the partitioning of molecules into the lipid bilayer membrane and passive permeation across the membrane. The majority of the drug molecules are either weak bases or acids. For these …
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Structural and kinetic studies of surfactant and phospholipid monolayers at the air/liquid interface using sum-frequency generation spectroscopy
… investigate a variety of surfactant and phospholipid systems at different interfaces. Firstly, the effects of temperature and ionic strength on the adsorption of cationic and non-ionic surfactants were investigated. The binary surfactant system used here is a simplified hair conditioner model, …
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Experimental Measurement of the Utricle's Dynamic Response and the Mechanoelectrical Characterization of a Micron-Sized DIB
… the base layer compose the utricle's otoconial membrane (OM) and are: 1.) a saccharide gelatinous layer, 2.) a column filament layer, and 3.) a calcite and aragonite otoconial crystal layer. The primary goal of this research was to study the dynamic response of the turtle's OM to a variety of …
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Biomembranas formuojančių monosluoksnių ir adsorbuotų biomolekulių struktūros tyrimas virpesinės spektroskopijos metodais /
… practical importance. Here we analyze tethered bilayer lipid membranes (tBLM) and laccase enzymes at the electrode surface in water and controlled electric potential environments. Water is crucial in maintaining the native state of biomolecules, while the electric methods are widely used in …