Lateral voltage as a new input for artificial lipid bilayer systems

Teng Ma, Madoka Sato, Maki Komiya, Kensaku Kanomata, Takaya Watanabe, Xingyao Feng, Ryusuke Miyata, Daisuke Tadaki, Fumihiko Hirose, Yuzuru Tozawa, Ayumi Hirano-Iwata*

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Abstract

In this work, we propose lateral voltage as a new input for use in artificial lipid bilayer systems in addition to the commonly used transmembrane voltage. To apply a lateral voltage to bilayer lipid membranes, we fabricated electrode-equipped silicon and Teflon chips. The Si chips could be used for photodetector devices based on fullerene-doped lipid bilayers, and the Teflon chips were used in a study of the ion channel functions in the lipid bilayer. The findings indicate that the lateral voltage effectively regulates the transmembrane current, in both ion-channel-incorporated and fullerene-incorporated lipid bilayer systems, suggesting that the lateral voltage is a practicable and useful additional input for use in lipid bilayer systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)244-256
Number of pages13
JournalFaraday Discussions
Volume233
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Sept 2021
Externally publishedYes

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Ma, T., Sato, M., Komiya, M., Kanomata, K., Watanabe, T., Feng, X., Miyata, R., Tadaki, D., Hirose, F., Tozawa, Y., & Hirano-Iwata, A. (2021). Lateral voltage as a new input for artificial lipid bilayer systems. Faraday Discussions, 233, 244-256. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1fd00045d