Nanoplasmonic ruler to measure lipid vesicle deformation

A nanoplasmonic ruler method is presented in order to measure the deformation of adsorbed, nm-scale lipid vesicles on solid supports. It is demonstrated that single adsorbed vesicles undergo greater deformation on silicon oxide over titanium oxide, offering direct experimental evidence to support membrane tension-based theoretical models of supported lipid bilayer formation.

Published in: Chemical Communications

Date: 2015-10-01

Authors: Joshua A. Jackman, Barbora Špačková, Eric Linardy, Min Chul Kim, Bo Kyeong Yoon, Jiří Homola, Nam-Joon Cho

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