Manipulation of Lipid Membranes with Thermal Stimuli

• We describe a protocol for the assembly and application of infrared (IR-B) laser-based set-ups to be used for localized heating of solid-supported planar and vesicular lipid membrane assemblies.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Atom- och molekylfysik och optik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Biofysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Biophysics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Thermal gradient

Biomembranes

Microthermocouple

Giant unilamellar vesicle

IR-B laser

Laser-heating

Solid-supported lipid bilayers

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