PREPARATION AND INVESTIGATION OF ASYMMETRIC BILAYERS ON SOLID SUPPORTS

Abstract

In the presented contribution we show thatit is possible to transfer lipid/lipid and lipid/protein bilayers from fluid or coexisting fluid and solid phases onto solid supports without disarrangement.The microstrukture ofthelipid films on the air/water interface and the solid substrate can be studiedin detail by microfluorescence techniques and phase contrast electron microscopy. The methods proposed might be used in membrane mimetic chemistry for the development of opto-electronic devices and integrated optics, like evanescentfluorescence and surface plasmon spectroscopy.